Responsive  F^eTiDino^ 


3  iL.'i^t, 


PRESENTED  TO  THE  LIBRARY 


OF 


PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINHRY 


BY 


}Avs.  Rle^^andcp  Proudfit. 


BV  199  .R5  V248  1895 

Van  Dyke,  Henry,  1852-1933. 

Responsive  readings 


RESPONSIVE   READINGS 


Selected  from  the  Bible  and 

Arranged  under  Subjects 

For  Common  Worship 


HENRY   VAN    DYKE 


Boston,  U.S.A.,  and  London 

GINN    !k   COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS 

1895 


Copyright,  1895, 
By  henry  van  DYKE. 

ALL   RIGHTS    RESERVED. 


Typography  by  J.  S.  Gushing  &  Co.,  Norwood.  Mass.,  U.S.A. 


Presswork  by  Ginn  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  U..S.A. 


PREFACE. 


THIS  book  was  originally  prepared,  by  re- 
quest, for  the  Chapel  of  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, where  it  is  now  in  use.  It  has  been  revised 
and  enlarged,  in  the  hope  that  it  may  supply  a 
real  need  in  the  religious  services  of  other  col- 
leges and  schools,  and  of  churches  which  desire 
to  make  the  responsive  reading  of  Scripture  a 
brief,  simple,  and  profitable  part  of  Common 
Worship. 

The  selections  have  been  made  and  arranged 
with  the  following  objects  in  view :  To  give  a 
wider  range  to  the  service  by  including  appro- 
priate passages  for  anti phonal  reading  from  all 
parts  of  the  Bible  ;  to  omit  the  imprecatory 
Psalms ;  to  make  each  selection  complete  in 
itself,  with  a  central  thought,  and  not  to  attempt 
a  mosaic  of  disconnected  passages  ;  to  divide 
the  verses  only  when  it  helps  to  make  the  mean- 


iv  Preface. 

ing  clear  and  to  keep  the  portion  read  by  the 
people  from  being  too  long ;  to  vary  the  length 
of  the  selections  so  that  it  may  be  easy  to  find 
one  to  fit  a  short  service  when  necessary;  and 
to  arrange  the  readings  in  relation  to  the  great 
truths  of  religion,  so  that  they  may  be  instruc- 
tive and  helpful  to  faith  and  life. 

The  Lord's  Prayer,  The  Apostles'  Creed, 
and  the  Ten  Commandments  have  been  in- 
cluded in  the  book ;  a  response  to  be  sung  after 
the  Commandments,  and  a  doxology  for  use  at 
the  close  of  the  Responsive  Readings,  have 
been  added  for  those  who  may  wish  to  have 
these  forms  of  worship  in  a  single  volume.  It  is 
sent  forth  with  the  sincere  petition  that  the 
Holy  Spirit  of  liberty  and  order  may  make  it  of 
service 

AD    MAJOREM    GLORIAM    DEI. 


LIST  OF   SUBJECTS. 


PAGE 

I.    Universal  Praise.     (Selections  1-5.) 

1.  Praise  in  Heaven  and  Earth I 

2.  A  New  Song 2 

3.  The  Gladness  of  Worship 4 

4.  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  All  the  Earth ....  4 

5.  Let  all  the  People  Praise  Thee 6 

II.    The  True  God.     (Selections  6-10.) 

6.  The  Lord  Reigneth 7 

7.  The  Vanity  of  Idols 8 

8.  The  Creator  of  the  Ends  of  the  Earth  10 

9.  In  God  We  Live 12 

10.  Our  Lord  is  above  all  Gods 14 

III.  Of  God's  Glory.     (Selections  11-16.) 

11.  How  Manifold  are  Thy  Works 16 

12.  How  Excellent  is  Thy  Name 18 

13.  The  Earth  is  the  Lord's 20 

14.  Worship  the   Lord  in  the  Beauty  of 

Holiness 21 

15.  Sing  unto  God,  ye  Kingdoms 22 

16.  The  King  of  all  the  Earth 24 

IV.  Of  God's  Righteousness.     (Selections  17-20.) 

17.  The  Law  of  the  Lord  is  Perfect 26 

1 8.  Verity  and  Judgment  are  His  Works. .  28 

V 


vi  List  of  Subjects. 

PAGE 

19.  His  Name  is  Holy .  29 

20.  Tliy  Judgments  are  Good .....            .  30 

V.    Of  God's  Goodness.     (Selections  21-28.) 

21.  For  He  is  Good 32 

22.  The  Loving- kindness  of  the  Lord. ...  34 

23.  Every  Day  Will  I  Bless  Thee 35 

24.  Chastisement  and  Deliverance 37 

25.  God's  Wonders  in  the  Deep 39 

26.  Thou  Visitest  the  Earth . . .' 40 

27.  National  Blessings 42 

28.  O  Give  Thanks 43 

VL   Of  God's  Mercy.     (Selections  29-39.) 

29.  His  Mercy  Endureth  Forever 46 

30.  Forget  Not  All  His  Benefits 47 

31.  How   Excellent   is   Thy   Loving-kind- 

ness    50 

32.  The  Giver  of  the  Heart's  Desire 51 

33.  The     Lord    hath    Respect   unto    the 

Lowly 52 

34.  Thou  Tellest  My  Wanderings 53 

35.  Verily  God  hath  Heard  Me 54 

36.  I  Love  the  Lord 56 

37.  In  the  Shadow  of  Thy  Wings 58 

38.  The  Great  Helper. 59 

39.  This  Poor  Man  Cried 60 

VH.   Of  God's  Faithfulness.     (Selections  40-49.) 

40.  The  Covenant 63 

41.  Remember  the  Days  of  Old 64 

42.  The  Lord  is  Our  Defence 66 

43.  The  People  of  His  Pasture 67 

44.  I  will  Declare  Thy  Name 68 

45.  Blessed  is  the  Nation 70 


List  of  Subjects.  vii 

PAGE 

46.  We  have  Waited  for  Him » 71 

47.  He  hath  not  Dealt  so  with  Any  Nation  73 

48.  A  Morning  Prayer 75 

49.  Serve  the  Lord  with  Gladness 76 

Vni.    Of  God's  Wisdom.     (Selections  50-57.) 

50.  The  Unsearchable  God 78 

51.  The  Searcher  of  Hearts 79 

52.  Where  shall  Wisdom  be  Found  ? 81 

53.  Search  for  Her  as  for  Hid  Treasure  . .  82 

54.  She  is  More  Precious  than  Rubies   ...  83 

55.  Doth  not  Wisdom  Cry  ? 85 

56.  Good   Doctrine 87 

57.  So  Teach  Us  to  Number  Our  Days. . .  88 

IX,   Christ  and  His   Kingdom.      (Selections 
58-81.) 

58.  Thou  art  My  Son 91 

59.  The  Heir  of  All  Things 92 

60.  Fairer  than  the  Children  of  Men 94 

61.  Men  Shall  be  Blessed  in  Him 96 

62.  The  Magnificat 99 

63.  The  Benedictus 100 

64.  The  True  Oblations loi 

65.  The  Promised  Light   102 

66.  Behold  My  Servant 104 

67.  The  First-born  of  All  Creation 106 

68.  Surely  He  Hath  Borne  Our  Griefs 108 

69.  Perfect  through  Sufferings no 

70.  Prepare  V'e  the  Way  of  the  Lord 112 

71.  The  Messenger  of  Good  Tidings 114 

72.  The    Spirit    of    the    Lord    shall    Rest 

upon  Him 115 

73.  The  Lord  hath  Anointed  Me. 117 


viii  List  of  Subjects. 

PAGE 

74.  The  Covenant  of  Peace 119' 

75.  Our  Peace 121 

76.  The  Joy  of  the  Whole  Earth 123 

77.  Great   Shall    be    the    Peace    of    Thy 

Children 1 24 

78.  They  Shall  Obtain  Joy  and  Gladness.  .  125 

79.  Arise,  Shine,  for  Thy  Light  is  Come. . .  127 

80.  The  Gospel  of  Peace 1 29 

81.  The  Invitation 131 

X.   The  Spirit  of  Life.     (Selections  82-86.) 

82.  The  Spirit  Beareth  Witness 134 

83.  The  Law  of  the  Spirit 136 

84.  The  Ministration  of.  the  Spirit 137 

85.  The  Fruits  of  the  Spirit , .  .  139 

86.  The  Unity  of  the  Spirit 141 

XL   True  Religion.     (Selections  87-90.) 

87.  The  Fast  that  God  hath  Chosen 143 

88.  God  shall  Judge  His  People 145 

89.  Pure  Religion  and  Undetiled 146 

90.  Add  to  Your  Faith  Virtue 148 

XIL   The  Law  of  God.     (Selections  91-103.) 

91.  Blessed  are  the  Undefiled 150 

92.  Thy  Testimonies  are  My  Delight 151 

;            93.  The  Way  of  Truth 152 

94.  This  is  My  Comfort 153 

95.  Teach  me  Good  Judgment 155 

96.  Thy  Word  is  Settled  in  Heaven 156 

97.  A  Light  unto  My  Path 157 

98.  Order  my  Steps  in  Thy  Word 158 

99.  Thy  Word  is  Very  Pure 159 

100.  Consider  how  I  Love  Thy  Precepts  .  .  160 

loi.  My  Heart  Standeth  in  Awe 162 


List  of  Subjects.  ix 

PAGE 

102.  Let  Thine  Hand  Help  Me 163 

103.  Return  unto  the  Lord 164 

XHI.   Penitence  and  Pardon.    (Selections  104- 
114.) 

104.  Cleanse  Me  from  My  Sin 166 

105.  There  is  Forgiveness  with  Thee 167 

106.  A  Prayer-  for  the  Penitent 168 

107.  If  We  Confess  our  Sins 1 70 

108.  Pardon  mine  Iniquity,  for  it  is  Great.  171 

109.  Deliver  me  from  my  Transgressions.  ,  173 

1 10.  Enter  not  into  Judgment 174 

111.  I  hope  in  Thy  Word 176 

112.  Thou  hast  Covered  all  their  Sin 177 

113.  The  Blessedness  of  Pardon 178 

114.  The  Righteousness  of  God  which  is 

by  Faith 1 80 

XIV.  The   Joy  of   Religion.     (Selections  115- 
126.) 

115.  The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd 182 

116.  Strong  Son  of  God,  Immortal  Love.  .  183 

117.  Trials  and  Consolations. 184 

118.  Be  Mindful  of  His  Covenant 186 

119.  Fear  not,  O  Land 187 

120.  Therefore  My  Heart  is  Glad 188 

121.  A  New  Name.  .  , 190 

122.  Rejoice  in  the  Lord 191 

123.  The  Righteous  shall  Flourish 192 

124.  We  Believe  and  therefore  Speak. . . »  193 

125.  Peace  with  God .  195 

126.  Blessed  are  They  that  Dwell  in  Thy 

House 196 


X  List  of  Subjects. 

PAGE 

XV.  Trust    and     Confidence.         (Selections 
127-146.) 

127.  God  Our  Refuge 198 

128.  As   the    Mountains  are  round   about 

Jerusalem 199 

129.  Be  Thou  My  Strong  Rock 201 

130.  A  Shield  to  all  that  Trust  Thee 203 

131.  Preserve  My  Soul 204 

132.  The  Lord  is  on  Our  Side 206 

133.  1  Waited  Patiently  for  the  Lord 207 

134.  I  have  Trusted  in  Thy  Mercy 209 

135.  Thou  Knewest  My  Path 210 

136.  In  His  Favour  is  Life 211 

137.  Thou  Makest  Me  Dwell  in  Safety 213 

138.  Under  the  Shadow  of  the  Almighty.  .  214 

139.  The  Rock  that  is  Higher  than  1 216 

140.  I  shall  not  be  Moved 217 

141.  The  Lord  is  Thy  Keeper 218 

142.  Is  not  God  in  the  Height  of  Heaven  ?  219 

143.  He  Beholdeth  all  the  Sons  of  Men.  .  221 

144.  A  Prayer  in  Trouble 222 

145.  My  Fortress  and  My  Deliverer 224 

146.  Happy  is  that  People  Whose  God  is 

the  Lord 226 

XVI.   Courage  and  Hope.    (Selections  147-160.) 

147.  The  Armour  of  God 228 

148.  Be  of  Good  Courage 229 

149.  Hope  in  God 231 

150.  Watch  and  Be  Sober 233 

151.  Always  Confident 234 

152.  Let  us  Run  with  Patience 236 

153.  Grace  to  Help  in  Time  of  Need 238 

154.  The  New  Covenant 239 


List  of  Subjects.  xi 


PAGE 


155.  I  shall  yet  Praise  Him 240 

156.  Forget  not  the  Lord 242 

157.  Keep  His  Commandments 244 

158.  The  Blessings  of  Obedience 246 

159.  A  Vow  of  Service    248 

160.  A  Vow  Performed  and  Rewarded.  .  .  249 

XVn.   Service  and  Reward.    (Selections  161- 

174.) 

161.  Good  Resolutions 251 

162.  An  Upright  Character 252 

163.  Praise  of  a  Good  Life 253 

164.  The  Reward  of  Righteousness 254 

165.  The  Two  Paths 256 

166.  Trust  in  the  Lord  and  Do  Good 257 

167.  The  Happy  Man 258 

168.  The  Steps  of  a  Good  Man 259 

169.  The  Righteous  shall  Endure 260 

170.  Judgment  according  to  Truth 262 

171.  The  Vanity  of  Riches 263 

172.  The  Fulfilling  of  the  Law 265 

173.  Acceptable  Sacrifice 266 

1 74.  The  Proof  of  Our  Ministry 268 

XVHL    Love  and  Brotherhood.      (Selections 
175-180.) 

175.  The  Peace  of  Jerusalem 270 

176.  Unity  in  Christ 271 

177.  The  Greatest  of  These  is  Charity. . .  273 

1 78.  Love  is  of  God 275 

179.  The  Sons  of  God. 277 

180.  Members  One  of  Another 279 


xii  List  of  Subjects. 

PAGE 

XIX.   Counsels  of  Perfection.   (Selections  i8i- 
191.) 

181.  The  Blessings  of  Jesus 281 

182.  The  Life  of  Jesus  in  Us 282 

183.  The  Mind  of  Christ 283 

184.  Follow  That  Which  is  Good ...    285 

185.  Be  Not  Weary  in  Well  Doing 286 

186.  Truth,  Peace,  Purity,  Forgiveness  ....  287 

187.  The  Children  of  Light 288 

188.  Let  Us  Glory  in  the  Lord 289 

189.  According  to  Jesus  Christ 291 

190.  Love  and  Light 292 

191.  Consider  Christ 293 

XX.   The  Risen  Life.     (Selections  192-200.) 

192.  Now  is  Christ  Risen  from  the  Dead.  .  296 

193.  Risen  with  Christ 297 

194.  In  Newness  of  Life 300 

195.  A  Lively  Hope 301 

196.  The  Victory  over  Death 302* 

197.  Our  House  which  is  from  Heaven.  .  .  304 

198.  The  Blessedness  of  the  Redeemed. .  .  305 

199.  The  Holy  City 307 

200.  The  River  of  Water  of  Life 308 


THE  LORD'S   PRAYER. 

OUR  Father,  which  art  in  Heaven, 
Hallowed  be  Thy  Name, 
Thy  kingdom  come. 
Thy   will   be   done,   in    Earth,   as   it   is   in 
Heaven. 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread, 
And  forgive  us  our  debts. 
As  WE  forgive  our  debtors, 
And  lead  us  not  into  temptation, 
But  deliver  us  from  evil; 

For  thine  is  the  kingdom. 

And  the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever. 

Amen. 


THE   APOSTLES'   CREED. 

I  BELIEVE  in  God  the  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  Heaven  and  earth  : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  His  only  Son  our  Lord ; 
who  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost;  born 
of  the  Virgin  Mary ;  suffered  under  Pontius 
Pilate ;  was  crucified,  dead,  and  buried ;  He 
descended  into  Hell ;  the  third  day  He  rose 
again  from  the  dead ;  He  ascended  into 
Heaven ;  and  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of  God 
the  Father  Almighty ;  from  thence  He  shall 
come  to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost;  the  holy 
Catholic  Church ;  the  Communion  of  Saints ; 
the  Forgiveness  of  sins;  the  Resurrection  of 
the  body ;  and  the  Life  everlasting.     Amen. 


THE   TEN   COMMANDMENTS. 

I   AM  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  have  brought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the 
house  of  bondage. 

I.  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 

II.  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  of  anything  that 
is  in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth  be- 
neath, or  that  is  in  the -water  under  the  earth  : 
thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor 
serve  them :  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a 
jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers 
upon  the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me  ;  and  shewing 
mercy  unto  thousands  of  them  that  love  me 
and  keep  my  commandments. 

III.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain,  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold 
him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

IV.  Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep  it 
holy  ;  six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  all  thy 
work  ;  but  the  seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  ;  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any  work, 
thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  man- 


xvi  The   Ten  Commandments. 

servant,  nor  thy  maid -servant,  nor  thy  cattle, 
nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates  :  for 
in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and  earth, 
the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested  the 
seventh  day ;  Wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the 
Sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

V.  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that 
thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

VL    Thou  Shalt  not  kill. 

VIL    Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

VIIL    Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

IX.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against 
thy  neighbour. 

X.  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's 
house,  thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife, 
nor  his  man-servant,  nor  his  maid-servant,  nor 
his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  anything  that  is  thy 
neighbour's. 


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RESPONSIVE    READINGS, 


I. 

UNIVERSAL  PRAISE. 

Praise  in  Heaven  and  Earth. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord. 
^  Praise    ye    the    Lord    from    the 
heavens  :    praise  him  in  the    heights. 

Praise  ye  him,  all  his  angels  :  praise  ye 
him,  all  his  hosts. 

*h  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon  :  praise 
him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 

Praise  him,  ye  heavens  of  heavens,  and 
ye  waters  that  be  above  the  heavens. 

^  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
for  he  commanded,  and  they  were  created. 

He  hath  also  estabUshed  them  for  ever 
and  ever :  he  hath  made  a  decree  which 
shall  not  pass. 

*h  Praise  the  Lord  from  the  earth,  ye 
dragons  and  all  deeps  : 


2  Universal  Praise.  §  2 

,  Fire,  and  hail ;  snow,  and  vapours ; 
stormy  wind  fulfilling  his  word  : 

^  Mountains,  and  all  hills  ;  fruitful 
trees,  and  all  cedars  : 

Beasts,  and  all  cattle  ;  creeping  things, 
and  flying  fowl : 

^  Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people  ; 
princes,  and  all  judges  of  the  earth  : 

Both  young  men,  and  maidens  ;  old  men, 
and  children  : 

^  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the 
Lord  :  for  his  name  alone  is  excellent ;  his 
glory  is  above  the  earth  and  heaven. 

He  also  exalteth  the  horn  of  his  people, 
the  praise  of  all  his  saints  ;  even  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  a  people  near  unto  him. 

*i^  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxlviii.  1-14. 


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SING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song  : 
for  he  hath  done  marvellous  things  : 
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ten him  the  victory. 

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§  2  Universal  Praise.  3 

vation  :  his  righteousness  hath  he  openly 
shewed  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen. 

He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  his 
truth  toward  the  house  of  Israel :  all  the 
ends  of  the  earth  have  seen  the  salvation 
of  our  God. 

*h  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord, 
all  the  earth  :  make  a  loud  noise,  and  re- 
joice, and  sing  praise. 

Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  harp ;  with 
the  harp,  and  the  voice  of  a  psalm. 

*h  With  trumpets  and  sound  of  cornet 
make  a  joyful  noise  before  the  Lord,  the 
King. 

Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  there- 
of; the  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

*h  Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands  :  let  the 
hills  be  joyful  together 

Before  the  Lord  ;  for  he  cometh  to 
judge  the  earth  :  with  righteousness  shall 
he  judge  the  world,  and  the  people  with 
equity. 

t  Psalm  xcviii.  1-9. 


4  Universal  Praise.  §  4 

Wi^vc^  ^election* 

The  Gladness  of  Worship. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord. 
^  Praise  God  in  his  sanctuary :  praise 
him  in  the  firmament  of  his  power. 

Praise  him  for  his  mighty  acts :  praise 
him  according  to  his  excellent  greatness. 

^  Praise  him  with  the  sound  of  the  trum- 
pet :  praise  him  with  the  psaltery  and  harp. 

Praise  him  with  the  timbrel  and  dance  : 
praise  him  with  stringed  instruments  and 
organs. 

►t"  Praise  him  upon  the  loud  cymbals : 
praise  him  upon  the  high-sounding  cym- 
bals. 

Let  every  thing  that  hath  breath  praise 
the  Lord. 

^  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  p^^^^,^  ,1  ^_^^ 

ifourtl)  g)rlrction» 

Sing  unto  the  Lord,  All  the  Earth. 

SING  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth  ;  shew 
forth  from  day  to  day  his  salvation. 
*h  Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen; 
his  marvellous  works  among  all  nations. 


§  4  Universal  Praise.  5 

For  great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be 
praised  :  he  also  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods. 

*h  For  all  the  gods  of  the  people  ai^e 
idols :  but  the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

Glory  and  honour  are  in  his  presence  ; 
strength  and  gladness  are  in  his  place. 

*¥  Give  unto  the  Lord,  ye  kindreds  of 
the  people,  give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and 
strength. 

Give  unto  the  Loi^D  the  glory  due  unto 
his  name :  bring  an  offering,  and  come  be- 
fore him :  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty 
of  holiness. 

*h  Fear  before  him,  all  the  earth :  the 
world  also  shall  be  stable,  that  it  be  not 
moved. 

Let  the  heavens  be  glad,  and  let  the 
earth  rejoice  :  and  let  ineji  say  among  the 
nations.  The  Lord  reigneth. 

^  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness 
thereof  :  let  the  fields  rejoice,  and  all  that 
is  therein. 

Then  shall  the  trees  of  the  wood  sing 
out  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  because 
he  Cometh  to  judge  the  earth. 

*h  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he 
is  good ;  for  his  mercy  endtireth  for  ever. 


6  Universal  Praise.  §  5 

And  say  ye,  Save  us,  O  God  of  our  salva- 
tion, and  gather  us  together,  and  deliver  us 
from  the  heathen,  that  we  may  give  thanks 
to  thy  holy  name,  and  glory  in  thy  praise. 

*h  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  for 
ever  and  ever.  And  all  the  people  said, 
Amen,  and  praised  the  Lord. 

I  C/ironicles  xvi.  23-36. 

jfiftf)  ^rlrction^ 

Let  all  the  People  Praise  Thee. 

GOD  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us ; 
anei  cause  his  face  to  shine  upon  us. 

*i^  That  thy  way  may  be  known  upon 
earth,  thy  saving  health  among  all  nations. 

Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ;  let 
all  the  people  praise  thee. 

*b  O  let  the  nations  be  glad  and  sing  for 
joy:  for  thou  shalt  judge  the  people  right- 
eously, and  govern  the  nations  upon  earth. 

Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ;  let 
all  the  people  praise  thee. 

*i^  Then  shall  the  earth  yield  her  increase ; 
and  God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us. 

God  shall  bless  us,  and  all  the  ends  of 
the  earth  shall  fear  him.         ^,^^„,  i^^jj  ^^^ 


II. 

THE  TRUE  GOD. 

TJie  Lord  ReignctJi. 

THE  Lord  reigneth  ;  let  the  earth  re- 
joice ;  let  the  multitude  of  isles  be 
glad  tJicreof. 

^  Clouds  and  darkness  arc  round  about 
him  :  righteousness  and  judgment  are  the 
habitation  of  his  throne. 

A  fire  goeth  before  him,  and  burneth  up 
his  enemies  round  about. 

*I^  His  lightnings  enlightened  the  world : 
the  earth  saw,  and  trembled. 

The  hills  melted  like  wax  at  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord 
of  the  whole  earth. 

"^  The  heavens  declare  his  righteousness, 
and  all  the  people  see  his  glory. 

Confounded  be  all  they  that  serve  graven 
images,  that  boast  themselves  of  idols : 
worship  him,  all  j/t'  gods. 


8  TJie   True  God.  §  7 

^  Zion  heard,  and  was  glad ;  and  the 
daughters  of  Judah  rejoiced  because  of  thy 
judgments,  O  Lord. 

For  thou.  Lord,  art  high  above  all  the, 
earth :  thou  art  exalted  far  above  all  gods. 

^  Ye  that  love  the  Lord,  hate  evil. 

He  preserveth  the  souls  of  his  saints ; 
he  delivereth  them  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
wicked. 

*b  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous,  and 
gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart. 

Rejoice  in  the  Lord,  ye  righteous  ;  and 
give  thanks  at  the  remembrance  of  his 
holiness. 

Psalm  xcvii.  1-12. 


g)cl3nTtl)  fe)rlcction* 

TJic  Vanity  of  Idols. 

OT  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but 
unto  thy  name  give  glory,  for  thy 
mercy,  and  for  thy  truth's  sake. 

'^  Wherefore    should   the    heathen    say. 
Where  is  now  their  God  } 

But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens :  he  hath 
done  whatsoever  he  pleased. 


N 


§  7  The   True  God.  9 

^  Their  idols  are  silver  and  gold,  the 
work  of  men's  hands. 

They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak  not  :• 
eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not : 

^  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not : 
noses  have  they,  but  they  smell  not : 

They  have  hands,  but  they  handle  not : 
feet  have  they,  but  they  walk  not :  neither 
speak  they  through  their  throat. 

HhThey  that  make  them  are  like  unto 
them  ;  so  is  every  one  that  trusteth  in  them. 

O  Israel,  trust  thou  in  the  Lord:  he  is 
their  help  and  their  shield. 

^  O  house  of  Aaron,  trust  in  the  Lord  : 
he  is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  trust  in  the  Lord  : 
he  is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

^  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us  : 
he  will  bless  21s  ; 

He  will  bless  the  house  of  Israel ;  he  will 
bless  the  house  of  Aaron. 

^  He  will  bless  them  that  fear  the  Lord, 
both  small  and  great. 

The  Lord  shall  increase  you  more  and 
more,  you  and  your  children. 

"^Ye  are  blessed  of  the  Lord  which 
made  heaven  and  earth. 


lo  TJie   Tnie  God.  §  8 

The  heaven,  eveii  the  heavens,  ai^e  the 
Lord's  :  but  the  earth  hath  he  given  to  the 
children  of  men. 

^  The  dead  praise  not  the  Lord,  neither 
any  that  go  down  into  silence. 

But  we  will  bless  the  Lord  from  this 
time  forth  and  for  evermore.  Praise  the 
Lord. 

Psalm  cxv.  1-18. 


TJie  Creator  of  the  Ends  of  the  EartJi. 
O  whom  then  will  ye  liken  God }  or 


T 


what  likeness  will  ye  compare  unto 
him  .'' 

"^  The  workman  melteth  a  graven  im- 
age, and  the  goldsmith  spreadeth  it  over 
with  gold,  and  casteth  silver  chains. 

He  that  is  so  impoverished  that  he  hath 
no  oblation  chooseth  a  tree  tJiat  will  not 
rot ;  he  seeketh  unto  him  a  cunning  work- 
man to  prepare  a  graven  image,  tJiat  shall 
not  be  moved. 

^  Have  ye  not  known }  have  ye  not 
heard }  hath  it  not  been  told  you  from  the 


§  8  The  True  God.  ii 

beginning  ?  have  ye  not  understood  from 
the  foundations  of  the  earth  ? 

//  is  he  that  sitteth  upon  the  circle  of 
the  earth,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  a7'e 
as  grasshoppers;  that  stretcheth  out  the 
heavens  as  a  curtain,  and  spreadeth  them 
out  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in  : 

^  That  bringeth  the  princes  to  nothing  ; 
he  maketh  the  judges  of  the  earth  as  vanity. 

Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted  ;  yea,  they 
shall  not  be  sown  :  yea,  their  stock  shall 
not  take  root  in  the  earth  :  and  he  shall 
also  blow  upon  them,  and  they  shall  wither, 
and  the  whirlwind  shall  take  them  away 
as  stubble. 

*^  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or 
shall  I  be  equal  1  saith  the  Holy  One. 

Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high,  and  behold  who 
hath  created  these  things,  that  bringeth 
out  their  host  by  number :  he  calleth  them 
all  by  names  by  the  greatness  of  his  might, 
for  that  he  is  strong  in  power ;  not  one 
faileth. 

"^  Why  sayest  thou,  O  Jacob,  and  speak- 
est,  O  Israel,  My  way  is  hid  from  the  Lord, 
and  my  judgment  is  passed  over  from  my 
God.? 


12  The   True  God.  §  9 

Hast  thou  not  known  ?  hast  thou  not 
heard,  tJiat  the  everlasting  God,  the  Lord, 
the  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth,  faint- 
eth  not,  neither  is  weary  ?  there  is  no 
searching  of  his  understanding. 

Hh  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint ;  and  to 
them  that  have  no  might  he  increaseth 
strength. 

Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be  weary, 
and  the  young  men  shall  utterly  fall  : 

*h  But  they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 
shall  renew  their  strength ;  they  shall 
mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles ; 

They  shall  run,  and  not  be  weary ;  and 
they  shall  walk,  and  not  faint. 

Isaiah  xl.  18-31. 

Jimtl;  ^election* 

/;/  God  We  Live. 

GOD  that  made  the  world  and  all  things 
therein,  seeing  that  he  is  Lord  of 
heaven  and  earth,  dwelleth  not  in  temples 
made  with  hands ; 

*h  Neither  is  worshipped  with  men's 
hands,  as  though  he  needed  any  thing,  see- 
ing he  giveth  to  all  life,  and  breath,  and  all 
things ; 


§  9  The   True  God.  13 

And  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations 
of  men  for  to  dwell  on  all  the  face  of  the 
earth,  and  hath  determined  the  times  be- 
fore appointed,  and  the  bounds  of  their 
habitation ; 

►I*  That  they  should  seek  the  Lord,  if 
haply  they  might  feel  after  him,  and  find 
him,  though  he  be  not  far  from  every  one 
of  us : 

For  in  him  we  live,  and  move,  and  have 
our  being  ;  as  certain  also  of  your  own  poets 
have  said,  For  we  are  also  his  offspring. 

"^  P'orasmuch  then  as  we  are  the  off- 
spring of  God,  we  ought  not  to  think  that 
the  Godhead  is  like  unto  gold,  or  silver,  or 
stone,  graven  by  art  and  man's  device. 

And  the  times  of  this  ignorance  God 
winked  at ;  but  now  commandeth  all  men 
everywhere  to  repent : 

*b  Because  he  hath  appointed  a  day, 
in  the  which  he  will  judge  the  world  in 
righteousness  by  tJiat  man  whom  he  hath 
ordained  ; 

Whereof  he  hath  given  assurance  unto 
all  vieji,  in  that  he  hath  raised  him  from 
the  dead. 

Acts  xvii.  24-31. 


14  TJie   True  God.  §  lO 

S^entt)  ^election* 

Oiir  Lord  is  above  all  Gods. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  ye  the 
name  of  the  Lord  ;  praise  ///;;/,  O  ye 
servants  of  the  Lord. 

^  Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  courts  of  the  house  of  our 
God, 

Praise  the  Lord  ;  for  the  Lord  is  good  ; 
sing  praises  unto  his  name  ;  for  it  is  pleas- 
ant. 

"^  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Jacob  unto 
himself,  and  Israel  for  his  peculiar  treas- 
ure. 

For  I  know  that  the  Lord  is  great,  and 
tJiat  our  Lord  is  above  all  gods. 

^  The  idols  of  the  heathen  are  silver 
and  gold,  the  work  of  men's  hands. 

They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak  not ; 
eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not ; 

"^  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not ; 
neither  is  there  any  breath  in  their  mouths. 

They  that  make  them  are  like  unto 
them;  so  is  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them. 


§  lo  The   True  God.  15 

*b  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Israel  : 
bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Aaron  : 

Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Levi :  ye 
that  fear  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord. 

^  Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Zion, 
which  dwelleth  at  Jerusalem.  Praise  ye 
the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxxxv.  1-5,  15-21. 


III. 

OF  GOD'S   GLORY. 


Hozv  Manifold  are  TJiy  Works. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul.  O  Lord 
my  God,  thou  art  very  great ;  thou  art 
clothed  with  honour  and  majesty. 

"^  Who  coverest  tJiyscIf  with  light  as 
ivitJi  a  garment :  who  strctchest  out  the 
heavens  like  a  curtain  : 

Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his  chambers 
in  the  waters  :  who  maketh  the  clouds  his 
chariot :  who  walketh  upon  the  wings  of 
the  wind  : 

•^  Who  maketh  his  angels  spirits ;  his 
ministers  a  flaming  fire : 

WJio  laid  the  foundations  of  the 
earth,  tJiat  it  should  not  be  removed  for 
ever. 

Hh  Thou  coveredst  it  with  the  deep  as 
witJi  a  garment :  the  waters  stood  above 
the  mountains. 


§11  Of  God's  Glory.  17 

At  thy  rebuke  they  fled ;  at  the  voice  of 
thy  thunder  they  hasted  away. 

*h  They  go  up  by  the  mountain  ;  they  go 
down  by  the  valleys  unto  the  place  which 
thou  hast  founded  for  them. 

Thou  hast  set  a  bound  that  they  may 
not  pass  over ;  that  they  turn  not  again  to 
cover  the  earth. 

^  He  sendeth  the  springs  into  the  val- 
leys, which  run  among  the  hills. 

They  give  drink  to  every  beast  of  the 
field :  the  wild  asses  quench  their  thirst. 

^  By  them  shall  the  fowls  of  the  heaven 
have  their  habitation,  zvJiich  sing  among 
the  branches. 

He  watereth  the  hills  from  his  cham- 
bers :  the  earth  is  satisfied  with  the  fruit 
of  thy  works. 

*b  He  causeth  the  grass  to  grow  for  the 
cattle,  and  herb  for  the  service  of  man  : 

That  he  may  bring  forth  food  out  of  the 
earth  ;  and  wine  that  maketh  glad  the  heart 
of  man,  and  oil  to  make  his  face  to  shine, 
and  bread  ivJiich  strengtheneth  man's  heart. 

^  The  trees  of  the  Lord  are  full  of  sap  : 
the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  which  he  hath 
planted ; 


1 8  Of  God's  Glory.  §  12 

Where  the  birds  make  their  nests  :  as 
for  the  stork,  the  fir-trees  are  her  house. 

*h  The  high  hills  are  a  refuge  for  the 
wild  goats ;  and  the  rocks  for  the  conies. 

He  appointeth  the  moon  for  seasons : 
the  sun  knoweth  his  going  down. 

"^  Thou  makest  darkness,  and  it  is  night: 
wherein  all  the  beasts  of  the  forest  do  creep 
forth. 

The  young  lions  roar  after  their  prey, 
and  seek  their  meat  from  God. 

*b  The  sun  ariseth,  they  gather  them- 
selves together,  and  lay  them  down  in 
their  dens. 

Man  goeth  forth  to  his  work  and  to  his 
labour  until  the  evening. 

*h  O  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy  works ! 
in  wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all :  the 
earth  is  full  of  thy  riches. 

Psalm  civ.  1-24. 


O 


2:torlftl)  g)flcftion» 

Hoiv  Excellent  is  Thy  Name. 

LORD  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is 
thy  name  in  all  the  earth  I 


§12  Of  God's  Glory.  19 

^  Who  hast  set  thy  glory  above  the 
heavens. 

Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and  suck- 
lings hast  thou  ordained  strength  because 
of  thine  enemies, 

^  That  thou  mightest  still  the  enemy 
and  the  avenger. 

When  I  consider  thy  heavens,  the  work 
of  thy  fingers,  the  moon  and  the  stars, 
which  thou  hast  ordained ; 

•^  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of 
him  }  and  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  visitest 
him  } 

For  thou  hast  made  him  a  little  lower 
than  the  angels,  and  hast  crowned  him 
with  glory  and  honour. 

'^  Thou  madest  him  to  have  dominion 
over  the  works  of  thy  hands  ; 

Thou  hast  put  all  tilings  under  his  feet : 

^  All  sheep  and  oxen,  yea,  and  the 
beasts  of  the  field  ; 

The  fowl  of  the  air,  and  the  fish  of  the 
sea,  and  ivJiatsoever  passeth  through  the 
paths  of  the  seas. 

^  O  Lord  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is 
thy  name  in  all  the  earth  ! 

Psalm  viii.  1-9. 


20  Of  Gocfs  Glory.  §  13 

2:i)irteentl)  ^election* 

The  Earth  is  the  Loi'cTs. 

THE  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  ful- 
ness thereof ;  the  world,  and  they 
that  dwell  therein. 

^  For  he  hath  founded  it  upon  the  seas, 
and  established  it  upon  the  floods. 

Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the 
Lord  }  and  who  shall  stand  in  his  holy 
place } 

^  He  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  pure 
heart ;  who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul 
unto  vanity,  nor  sworn  deceitfully. 

He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the 
Lord,  and  righteousness  from  the  God  of 
his  salvation. 

*b  This  is  the  generation  of  them  that 
seek  him,  that  seek  thy  face,  O  Jacob. 

Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be 
ye  lift  up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and  the 
King  of  glory  shall  come  in. 

*b  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  t 

The  Lord  strong  and  mighty,  the  Lord 
mighty  in  battle. 

"^  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  even 


§14  Of  God's  Glory.  21 

lift  them  up,  ye  everlasting  doors;  and 
the  King  of  glory  shall  come  in. 

Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ? 

^  The  Lord  of  hosts,  he  is  the  King  of 
glory. 

Psalm  xxiv.  i-io. 


ifourtccutl)  fe)clrction* 

Worship  the  Lord  in  the  Beauty  of  Holiness. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song : 
sing  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth. 

*b  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  bless  his  name  ; 
shew  forth  his  salvation  from  day  to  day. 

Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen, 
his  wonders  among  all  people. 

*h  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised  :  he  is  to  be  feared  above  all 
gods. 

For  all  the  gods  of  the  nations  aj^e  idols  : 
but  the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

*b  Honour  and  majesty  are  before  him  : 
strength  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanctuary. 

Give  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  kindreds  of 
the  people,  give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and 
strength. 

*h  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due  auto 


22  Of  God's  Glory,  §  15 

his  name :  bring  an  offering,  and  come  into 
his  courts. 

O  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of 
hohness :  fear  before  him,  all  the  earth. 

Hh  Say  among  the  heathen  that  the  Lord 
reigneth  : 

The  world  also  shall  be  established  that 
it  shall  not  be  moved:  he  shall  judge  the 
people  righteously. 

^  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the 
earth  be  glad ;  let  the  sea  roar,  and  the 
fulness  thereof. 

Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all  that  is 
therein  :  then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the  wood 
rejoice  before  the  Lord  :  for  he  cometh, 
for  he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth : 

•i*  He  shall  judge  the  world  with  right- 
eousness, and  the  people  with  his  truth. 

Psalm  xcvi.  1-13. 


ififtmttl)  g)clcctiott* 

Sing  unto  God  yc  Kingdoms. 

ET    God    arise,    let   his    enemies    be 
scattered :    let   them  also  that  hate 
him  flee  before  him. 

•^  As   smoke   is    driven    away,   so   drive 


L 


§  15  Of  God's  Glory.  23 

them  away :  as  wax  melteth  before  the 
fire,  so  let  the  wicked  perish  at  the  pres- 
ence of  God. 

But  let  the  righteous  be  glad ;  let  them 
rejoice  before  God :  yea,  let  them  exceed- 
ingly rejoice. 

•^  Sing  unto  God,  sing  praises  to  his 
name  : 

Extol  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heavens 
by  his  name  JAH,  and  rejoice  before  him. 

"^  A  father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a  judge 
of  the  widows,  is  God  in  his  holy  habita- 
tion. 

God  setteth  the  solitary  in  families :  he 
bringeth  out  those  which  are  bound  with 
chains :  but  the  rebellious  dwell  in  a  dry 
land. 

^  O  God,  when  thou  wentest  forth  be- 
fore thy  people,  when  thou  didst  march 
through  the  wilderness ; 

The  earth  shook,  the  heavens  also 
dropped  at  the  presence  of  God :  even 
Sinai  itself  was  moved  at  the  presence  of 
God,  the  God  of  Israel. 

^  Sing  unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the 
earth  ;  O  sing  praises  unto  the  Lord  ; 

To  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heavens  of 


24  Of  God's  Glory.  §  i6 

heavens,  which  zvei'e  of  old ;  lo,  he  doth 
send  out  his  voice,  and  that  a  mighty  voice. 

*b  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God  :  his  ex- 
cellency is  over  Israel,  and  his  strength  is 
in  the  clouds. 

O  God,  tho?c  art  terrible  out  of  thy  holy 
places  :  the  God  of  Israel  is  he  that  giveth 
strength  and  power  unto  Ids  people. 
Blessed  be  God. 

Psalm  Ixviii.  i-8,  32-35. 


O 


^ivtccntl)  ^election* 

TJie  King  of  all  the  EartJi. 

CLAP  your  hands,  all  ye  people, 
shout  unto  God  with  the  voice  of 
triumph. 

^  For  the  Lord  Most  High  is  terrible ; 
Jie  is  a  great  King  over  all  the  earth. 

He  shall  subdue  the  people  under  us, 
and  the  nations  under  our  feet. 

^  He  shall  choose  our  inheritance  for 
us,  the  excellency  of  Jacob  whom  he  loved. 

God  is  gone  up  with  a  shout,  the  Lord 
with  the  sound  of  a  trumpet. 

^  Sing  praises  to  God,  sing  praises : 
sing  praises  unto  our  King,  sing  praises. 


§  i6  Of  God's  Glory.  25 

For  God  is  the  King  of  all  the  earth  : 
sing  ye  praises  with  understanding. 

^  God  reigneth  over  the  heathen  :  God 
sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  his  holiness. 

The  princes  of  the  people  are  gathered 
together,  even  the  people  of  the  God  of 
Abraham :  for  the  shields  of  the  earth 
belong  unto  God  :  he  is  greatly  exalted. 

Psalm  xlvii.  1-9. 


IV. 
OF  GOD'S   RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

^t\}mtttnt\)  ^election* 

T/ie  Lata  of  tJic  Lord  is  Perfect. 

THE  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God  ; 
and  the  firmament  sheweth  his 
handywork. 

^  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech,  and 
night  unto  night  sheweth  knowledge. 

There  is  no  speech  nor  language,  ivhere 
their  voice  is  not  heard. 

"^  Their  line  is  gone  out  through  all 
the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the  ends  of 
the  world. 

In  them  hath  he  set  a  tabernacle  for  the 
sun.  Which  is  as  a  bridegroom  coming  out 
of  his  chamber,  and  rejoiceth  as  a  strong 
man  to  run  a  race. 

Hh  His  going  forth  is  from  the  end  of  the 
heaven,  and  his  circuit  unto  the  ends  of  it : 
and  there  is  nothing  hid  from  the  heat 
thereof. 


§  1/       .Of  God's  RighteoiLsness.  27 

The  law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect,  convert- 
ing the  soul :  the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is 
sure,  making  wise  the  simple. 

^  The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right, 
rejoicing  the  heart:  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord  is  pure,  enlightening  the  eyes. 

The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  clean,  enduring 
for  ever:  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are 
true  and  righteous  altogether. 

^  More  to  be  desired  are  tJiey  than  gold, 
yea,  than  much  fine  gold  :  sweeter  also  than 
honey  and  the  honeycomb. 

Moreover,  by  them  is  thy  servant  warned : 
and  in  keeping  of  them  there  is  great  re- 
ward. 

^  Who  can  understand  his  errors }  cleanse 
thou  me  from  secret /^7;///i-. 

Keep  back  thy  servant  also  from  pre- 
sumptuous sins ;  let  them  not  have  domin- 
ion over  me  :  then  shall  I  be  upright,  and 
I  shall  be  innocent  from  the  great  trans- 
gression. 

^  Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the 
meditations  of  my  heart,  be  acceptable  in 
thy  sight,  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my 
redeemer. 

Psalm  xix.  1-14. 


28  Of  God's  Righteousness.         §  i8 


Cl;igl)tentt^  g^dcction* 

Verity  and  Judgment  are  His  Works. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord. 
^  I    will    praise  the  Lord  with  my 
whole    heart,  in  the  assembly  of    the  up- 
right, and  /;/  the  congregation. 

The  works  of  the  Lord  are  great, 
sought  out  of  all  them  that  have  pleasure 
therein. 

^  His  work  is  honourable  and  glorious  : 
and  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

He  hath  made  his  wonderful  works  to 
be  remembered :  the  Lord  is  gracious  and 
full  of  compassion. 

►I^  He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  that 
fear  him :  he  will  ever  be  mindful  of  his 
covenant. 

He  hath  shewed  his  people  the  power 
of  his  works,  that  he  may  give  them  the 
heritage  of  the  heathen. 

»I^  The  works  of  his  hands  are  verity  and. 
judgment ;  all  his  commandments  are  sure. 

They  stand  fast  for  ever  and  ever,  aiid 
are  done  in  truth  and  uprightness. 

►I^  He  sent  redemption  unto  his  people: 


§  19         Of  God' s  RigJiteo2is7iess.  29 

he  hath  commanded  his  covenant  for  ever : 
holy  and  reverend  is  his  name. 

The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning 
of  wisdom  :  a  good  understanding  have  all 
they  that  do  Ids  conwiandvients :  his  praise 
endureth  for  ever._ 

Psalm  cxi.  i-io. 


T 


jl^inetenul)  g)rlcction* 

His  Name  is  Holy. 

HE  Lord  reigneth;  let  the  people 
tremble  : 

*h  He  sitteth  betivccii  the  cherubim ;  let 
the  earth  be  moved. 

The  Lord  is  great  in  Zion  ;  and  he  is 
high  above  all  the  people. 

^  Let  them  praise  thy  great  and  terrible 
name  ;  for  it  is  holy. 

The  king's  strength  also  loveth  judg- 
ment; thou  dost  establish  equity,  thou  ex- 
ecutest  judgment  and  righteousness  in 
Jacob. 

"^  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and  wor- 
ship at  his  footstool ;  for  he  is  holy. 

Moses  and  Aaron  among  his  priests, 
and  Samuel  among  them   that  call  upon 


30  Of  God's  RigJiteousncss^.         §  20 

his  name ;  they  called  upon  the  Lord, 
and  he  answered  them. 

^  He  spake  unto  them  in  the  cloudy 
pillar :  they  kept  his  testimonies,  and  the 
ordinance  tJiat  he  gave  them. 

Thou  answeredst  them,  O  Lord  our 
God :  thou  wast  a  God  that  forgavest 
them,  though  thou  tookest  vengeance  of 
their  inventions. 

►I*  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship  at 
his  holy  hill ;  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  holy. 

Psalm  xcix.  1-9. 

W^twiitiX)  §)clcction* 

Thy  Judgments  are  Good. 

TEACH  me,  O  Lord,  the  way  of  thy 
statutes ;  and  I  shall  keep  it  unto 
the  end. 

^  Give  me  understanding,  and  I  shall 
keep  thy  law  ;  yea,  I  shall  observe  it  with 
my  whole  heart. 

Make  me  to  go  in  the  path  of  thy  com- 
mandments ;  for  therein  do  I  delight. 

"^  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testimonies, 
and  not  to  covetousncss. 

Turn  away  mine  eyes  from  beholding 
vanity ;  and  quicken  thou  me  in  thy  way. 


§  20  Of  God's  Righteousness.  31 

*i^  Establish  thy  word  unto  thy  servant, 
who  is  devoted  to  thy  fear. 

Turn  away  my  reproach  which  I  fear : 
for  thy  judgments  are  good. 

^  Behold,  I  have  longed  after  thy  pre- 
cepts :  quicken  me  in  thy  righteousness. 

Let   thy   mercies    come    also    unto    me, 

0  Lord,  even  thy  salvation,  according  to 
thy  word. 

^  So  shall  I  have  wherewith  to  answer 
him  that  reproacheth  me :  for  I  trust  in 
thy  word. 

And  take  not  the  word  of  truth  utterly 
out  of  my  mouth ;  for  I  have  hoped  in  thy 
judgments. 

^  So  shall  I  keep  thy  law  continually 
for  ever  and  ever. 

And  I  will  walk  at  liberty  :  for  I  seek 
thy  precepts. 

»^  I  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies  also 
before  kings,  and  will  not  be  ashamed. 

And  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  com- 
mandments, which  I  have  loved. 

►I^  My  hands  also  will  I  lift  up  unto  thy 
commandments,  which  I   have  loved ;  and 

1  will  meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

Psalm  cxix.  33-48. 


V. 

OF  GOD'S   GOODNESS. 

For  He  is  Good. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  iox  he  is 
good :  for  his  mercy  endiiretJi  for  ever. 

'^  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  say  so, 
whom  he  hath  redeemed  from  the  hand  of 
the  enemy ; 

And  gathered  them  out  of  the  lands, 
from  the  east,  and  from  the  west,  from  the 
north,  and  from  the  south. 

^  They  wandered  in  the  wilderness  in 
a  solitary  way ;  they  found  no  city  to 
dwell  in. 

Hungry  and  thirsty,  their  soul  fainted 
in  them. 

Hh  Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in 
their  trouble,  and  he  delivered  them  out 
of  their  distresses. 

And  he  led  them  forth  by  the  right  way, 
that  they  might  go  to  a  city  of  habitation. 


§  21  Of  Gocfs  Goodness.  33 

►!<  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men ! 

For  he  satisfieth  the  longing  soul,  and 
filleth  the  hungry  soul  with  goodness. 

*h  Such  as  sit  in  darkness  and  in  the 
shadow  of  death,  being  bound  in  affliction 
and  iron ; 

Because  they  rebelled  against  the  words 
of  God,  and  contemned  the  counsel  of  the 
Most  High  : 

^Therefore  he  brought  down  their 
heart  with  labour ;  they  fell  down,  and 
there  zvas  none  to  help. 

Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  saved  them  out  of  their 
distresses. 

►I*  He  brought  them  out  of  darkness  and 
the  shadow  of  death,  and  brake  their  bands 
in  sunder. 

Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for 
his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful  works 
to  the  children  of  men  ! 

Psalm  cvii.  1-15. 


34  Of  God's  Goodness.  §  22 


o 


The  Loving-kindness  of  the  Lord. 

H  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  won- 
derful works  to  the  children  of  men  ! 

^  Let  them  exalt  him  also  in  the  con- 
gregation of  the  people,  and  praise  him  in 
the  assembly  of  the  elders. 

He  turneth  rivers  into  a  wilderness,  and 
the  water-springs  into  dry  ground  ; 

*h  A  fruitful  land  into  barrenness,  for  the 
wickedness  of  them  that  dwell  therein. 

He  turneth  the  wilderness  into  a  standing 
water,  and  dry  ground  into  water-springs. 

*f*  And  there  he  maketh  the  hungry  to 
dwell,  that  they  may  prepare  a  city  for 
habitation ; 

And  sow  the  fields,  and  plant  vineyards, 
which  may  yield  fruits  of  increase. 

^  He  blesseth  them  also,  so  that  they  are 
multiplied  greatly ;  and  suffereth  not  their 
cattle  to  decrease. 

Again,  they  are  minished  and  brought 
low  through  oppression,  affliction,  and  sor- 
row. 


§23  Of  God's  Goodness.  .35 

*h  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes, 
and  causeth  them  to  wander  in  the  wilder- 
ness, wJiere  there  is  no  way. 

Yet  setteth  he  the  poor  on  high  from 
affliction,  and  maketh  ///;;/  famiUes  Hke  a 
flock. 

*b  The  righteous  shall  see  //,  and  rejoice  : 
and  all  iniquity  shall  stop  her  mouth. 

Whoso  is  wise,  and  will  observe  these 
tilings,  even  they  shall  understand  the 
loving-kindness  of  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cvii.  31-43. 

Every  Day  Will  I  Bless  TJiee. 

WILL  extol  thee,  my  God,  O  King; 
and  I  will  bless  thy  name  for  ever 
and  ever. 

*b  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee ;  and  I 
will  praise  thy  name  for  ever  and  ever. 

Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be 
praised  ;  and  his  greatness  is  unsearchable. 

*b  One  generation  shall  praise  thy  works 
to  another,  and  shall  declare  thy  mighty 
acts. 


I 


36  Of  God's  Goodness.  §  23 

I  will  speak  of  the  glorious  honour  of 
thy  majesty,  and  of  thy  wondrous  works. 

"^  And  vicji  shall  speak  of  the  might  of 
thy  terrible  acts :  and  I  will  declare  thy 
greatness. 

They  shall  abundantly  utter  the  memory 
of  thy  great  goodness,  and  shall  sing  of 
thy  righteousness. 

•^  The  Lord  is  gracious,  and  full  of 
compassion ;  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great 
mercy. 

The  Lord  is  good  to  all :  and  his  tender 
mercies  are  over  all  his  works. 

^  All  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  O 
Lord  ;  and  thy  saints  shall  bless  thee. 

They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy 
kingdom,  and  talk  of  thy  power ; 

"^  To  make  known  to  the  sons  of  men 
his  mighty  acts,  and  the  glorious  majesty 
of  his  kingdom. 

Thy  kingdom  is  an  everlasting  kingdom, 
and  thy  dominion  endiircth  throughout  all 
generations. 

^  The  Lord  upholdeth  all  that  fall,  and 
raiseth  up  all  tJwse  that  be  bowed  down. 

The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon  thee;  and 
thou  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season. 


§  24  Of  God's  Goodness.  37 

^  Thou  openest  thy  hand,  and  satisfiest 
the  desire  of  every  living  thing. 

The  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his  ways, 
and  holy  in  all  his  works. 

'^  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that 
call  upon  him,  to  all  that  call  upon  him  in 
truth. 

He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them  that 
fear  him  :  he  also  will  hear  their  cry,  and 
will  save  them. 

•^  The  Lord  preserveth  all  them  that 
love  him :  but  all  the  wicked  will  he 
destroy. 

My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of  the 
Lord  :  and  let  all  flesh  bless  his  holy  name 
for  ever  and  ever. 

Psalm  cxlv.  1-2 1. 


tEtDcntt'^fourt!;  ^election* 

CJiastiscvient  and  Deliverance. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     O.  give  thanks 
unto  the  Lord  ;  for  Jie  is  good  :   for 
his  mercy  endnretJi  for  ever. 

^  Who  can  utter  the  mighty  acts  of  the 
Lord  }  luho  can  shew  forth  all  his  praise  .-* 


38  Of  God's  Goodness.  §  24 

Blessed  are  they  that  keep  judgment,  and 
he  that  doeth  righteousness  at  all  times. 

^  Remember  me,  O  Lord,  with  the 
favour  that  thou  bearest  unto  thy  people  :  O 
visit  me  with  thy  salvation  ; 

That  I  may  see  the  good  of  thy  chosen, 
that  I  may  rejoice  in  the  gladness  of  thy 
nation,  that  I  may  glory  with  thine  inheri- 
tance. 

►a*  We  have  sinned  with  our  fathers,  we 
have  committed  iniquity,  we  have  done 
wickedly. 

Our  fathers  understood  not  thy  wonders 
in  Egypt ;  they  remembered  not  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  mercies ;  but  provoked  him  at 
the  sea,  even  at  the  Red  sea. 

^  Nevertheless  he  saved  them  for  his 
name's  sake,  that  he  might  make  his  mighty 
power  to  be  known. 

Many  times  did  he  deliver  them ;  but 
they  provoked  ///;;/  with  their  counsel ;  and 
were  brought  low  for  their  iniquity. 

•^  Nevertheless  he  regarded  their  afflic- 
tion, when  he  heard  their  cry  : 

And  he  remembered  for  them  his  cove- 
nant, and  repented  according  to  the  multi- 
tude of  his  mercies. 


§  25  Of  God's  Goodness.  39 

'^  He  made  them  also  to  be  pitied  of  all 
those  that  carried  them  captives. 

Save  us,  O  Lord  our  God,  and  gather 
us  from  among  the  heathen,  to  give  thanks 
unto  thy  holy  name,  and  to  triumph  in 
thy  praise. 

"^  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
from  everlasting  to  everlasting :  and  let  all 
the  people  say.  Amen.  Praise  ye  the 
Lord. 

Psalm  cvi.  i-8,  43-48. 


O 


God' s   Wonders  in  the  Deep. 

H  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  /^r 
his  goodness,  and/<?rhis  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men ! 

*h  And  let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices 
of  thanksgiving,  and  declare  his  works 
with  rejoicing. 

They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships, 
that  do  business  in  great  waters ; 

*b  These  see  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and 
his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

For    he    commandeth,    and    raiseth    the 


40  Of  God' s  Goodness.  §  26 

stormy  wind,  which  hfteth  up  the  waves 
thereof. 

►J<  They  mount  up  to  the  heaven,  they  go 
down  again  to  the  depths :  their  soul  is 
melted  because  of  trouble. 

They  reel  to  and  fro,  and  stagger  like  a 
drunken  man,  and  are  at  their  wit's  end. 

^  Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  bringeth  them  out  of  their 
distresses. 

He  maketh  the  storm  a  calm,  so  that  the 
waves  thereof  are  still. 

"^  Then  are  they  glad  because  they  be 
quiet ;  so  he  bringeth  them  unto  their  de- 
sired haven. 

Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for 
his  goodness,  and /<•;/'  his  wonderful  works 
to  the  children  of  men  ! 

Psalm  cvii.  21-31. 


%\xst\\v^^^ixi\\  ^election* 

TJwn   Visitest  the  EartJi. 

PRAISE    waiteth    for   thee,  O  God,  in 
Zion  :  and  unto  thee  shall  the  vow 
be  performed. 


§  26  Of  God's  Goodness.  41 

^  O  thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  thee 
shall  all  flesh  come. 

Iniquities  prevail  against  me  :  as  for  our 
transgressions,  thou  shalt  purge  them  away. 

^  Blessed  is  the  man  wJiovi  thou  choos- 
est,  and  causest  to  approach  luito  thee^  that 
he  may  dwell  in  thy  courts : 

We  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goodness 
of  thy  house,  evejt  of  thy  holy  temple. 

^  By  terrible  things  in  righteousness  wilt 
thou  answer  us,  O  God  of  our  Salvation  ; 

Who  art  the  confidence  of  all  the  ends  of 
the  earth,  and  of  them  that  are  afar  off 
ttpon  the  sea  : 

^  Which  by  his  strength  setteth  fast  the 
mountains ;  being  girded  with  power  : 

Which  stilleth  the  noise  of  the  seas,  the 
noise  of  their  waves,  and  the  tumult  of  the 
people. 

^  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  uttermost 
parts  are  afraid  at  thy  tokens  :  thou  makest 
the  outgoings  of  the  morning  and  evening 
to  rejoice. 

Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  waterest  it : 
thou  greatly  enrichest  it  with  the  river  of 
God,  zvJiicJi  is  full  of  water :  thpu  preparest 
them  corn, when  thou  hast  so  provided  for  it. 


42  Of  God's  Goodness.  §  27 

^  Thou  waterest  the  ridges  thereof  abun- 
dantly :  thou  settlest  the  furrows  thereof : 

Thou  makest  it  soft  with  showers  :  thou 
blessest  the  springing  thereof. 

*b  Thou  crownest  the  year  with  thy  good- 
ness ;  and  thy  paths  drop  fatness. 

They  drop  tipoii  the  pastures  of  the 
wilderness :  and  the  little  hills  rejoice  on 
every  side. 

^  The  pastures  are  clothed  with  flocks  ; 
the  valleys  also  are  covered  over  with  corn  : 
they  shout  for  joy;  they  also  sing. 

Psalm  Ixv.  1-13. 


®ijDcnt^=s;ci3entl)  ^election* 

National  Blessings. 

OGIVE   thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  call 
upon    his  name :    make  known   his 
deeds  among  the  people. 

*b  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him  : 
talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous  works. 

Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name  :  let  the  heart 
of  them  rejoice,  that  seek  the  Lord. 

^  Seek  the  Lord,  and  his  strength  :  seek 
his  face  evermore. 


§28  Of  God's  Goodness.  43 

Remember  his  marvellous  works  that  he 
hath  done ;  his  wonders,  and  the  judg- 
ments of  his  mouth  ; 

^  O  ye  seed  of  Abraham  his  servant,  ye 
children  of  Jacob  his  chosen. 

He  is  the  Lord  our  God  :  his  judgments 
ai^e  in  all  the  earth. 

^  He  hath  remembered  his  covenant  for 
ever,  the  word  whic/i  he  commanded  to  a 
thousand  generations. 

And  he  brought  forth  his  people  with 
joy,  ajid  his  chosen  with  gladness  : 

*h  And  gave  them  the  lands  of  the 
heathen  :  and  they  inherited  the  labour  of 
the  people ; 

That  they  might  observe  his  statutes, 
and  keeps  his  laws.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cv.  1-8,  43-45. 


O  Give  T/iaiiks. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he 
is  good  :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

^  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  gods  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 


44  Of  God' s  Goodness.  §  28 

O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  of  lords  :  for 
his  mercy  endnrctJi  for  ever. 

'^  To  him  who  alone  doeth  great  wonders : 
for  his  mercy  endiircth  for  ever. 

To  him  that  by  wisdom  made  the 
heavens:  for  his  mercy  endurcth  for  ever. 

*b  To  him  that  stretched  out  the  earth 
above  the  waters :  for  his  mercy  cndnreth 
for  ever. 

To  him  that  made  great  lights  :  for  his 
mercy  endiiretJi  for  ever  : 

^  The  sun  to  rule  by  day  :  for  his  mercy 
endiiretJi  for  ever  : 

The  moon  and  stars  to  rule  by  night : 
for  his  mercy  endurcth  for  ever. 

*b  To  him  that  smote  Egypt  in  their  first- 
born :  for  his  mercy  endnreth  for  ever : 

And  brought  out  Israel  from  among 
them  :  for  his  mercy  endurcth  for  ever  : 

^  With  a  strong  hand,  and  with  a 
stretched  out  arm  :  for  his  mercy  endure tJi 
for  ever. 

To  him  which  divided  the  Red  sea  into 
parts :  for  his  mercy  endurcth  for  ever : 

*h  And  made  Israel  to  pass  through  the 
midst  of  it :  for  his  mercy  endurcth  for 
ever : 


§  28  Of  (jod's  Goodness.  45 

But  overthrew  Pharaoh  and  his  host  in 
the  Red  sea :  for  his  mercy  endiireth  for 
ever. 

•^  To  him  which  led  his  people  through 
the  wilderness :  for  his  mercy  cndtircth  for 
ever. 

To  him  which  smote  great  kings  :  for  his 
mercy  cnduretJi  for  ever  : 

*b  And  slew  famous  kings  :  for  his  mercy 
cudnretJi  for  ever: 

Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites :  for  his 
mercy  cnditrcth  for  ever  : 

^  And  Og  the  king  of  Bashan  :  for  his 
mercy  endiireth  for  ever : 

And  gave  their  land  for  a  heritage  :  for 
his  mercy  enduretJi  for  ever  : 

^  Even  a  heritage  unto  Israel  his  servant :. 
for  his  mercy  endiireth  for  ever. 

Who  remembered  us  in  our  low  estate  : 
for  his  mercy  endiireth-  for  ever : 

*h  And  hath  redeemed  us  from  our  ene- 
mies :  for  his  mercy  endiireth  for  ever. 

Who  giveth  food  to  all  flesh :  for  his 
mercy  endiireth  for  ever. 

^  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  heaven : 
for  his  mercy  endiireth  for  ever. 

Psalm  cxxxvi.  1-26. 


VI. 

OF    GOD'S    MERCY. 

His  Mercy  Endiirctli  Forever. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he 
is  good  :  because  his  vaQxcy. e7id?ii'eth 
for  ever. 

*b  Let  Israel  now  say,  that  his  mercy  en- 
diireth  for  ever. 

Let  the  house  of  Aaron  now  say,  that 
his  mercy  enduretJi  for  ever. 

^  Let  them  now  that  fear  the  Lord  say, 
that  his  mercy  endurcth  for  ever. 

I  called  upon  the  Lord  in  distress :  the 
Lord  answered  me,  and  set  me  in  a  large 
place. 

Hh  The  Lord  is  on  my  side ;  I  will  not 
fear :  what  can  man  do  unto  me  } 

Open  to  me  the  gates  of  righteousness :  I 
will  go  into  them,rt';^<3f  I  will  praise  the  Lord  : 

^  This  gate  of  the  Lord,  into  which  the 
righteous  shall  enter. 


§30  Of  God's  Mercy.  47 

I  will  praise  thee  :  for  thou  hast  heard 
me,  and  art  become  my  salvation. 

^  The  stone'  zvJiicJi  the  builders  refused 
is  become  the  head  stone  of  the  corner. 

This  is  the  Lord's  doing;  it  is  marvel- 
lous in  our  eyes. 

Hh  This  is  the  day  zvJiicJi  the  Lord  hath 
made;  we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

Save  now,  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord  :  O 
Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  send  now  prosperity. 

^  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  : 

We  have  blessed  you  out  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxviii,  i-6,  19-26, 


tEljirtictl)  ^election* 

Forget  Not  All  His  Benefits. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  and  all 
that    is    within    me,   bless    his    holy 
name. 

^  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget 
not  all  his  benefits  : 

Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities;  who 
healeth  all  thy  diseases; 


48  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  30 

"^  Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruc- 
tion ;  who  crowneth  thee  with  loving-kind- 
ness and  tender  mercies ; 

Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good 
things ;  so  that  thy  youth  is  renewed  like 
the  eagle's. 

"^  The  Lord  executeth  righteousness 
and  judgment  for  all  that  are  oppressed. 

He  made  known  his  ways  unto  Moses, 
his  acts  unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

^  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious, 
slow  to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

He  will  not  always  chide  :  neither  will  he 
keep  Jiis  anger  for  ever. 

^  He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our 
sins;  nor  rewarded  us  according  to  our 
iniquities. 

For  as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the 
earth,  so  great  is  his  mercy  toward  them 
that  fear  him. 

"^  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
so  far  hath  he  removed  our  transgressions 
from  us. 

Like  as  a  father  pitieth  Jiis  children,  so 
the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

^  For  he  knoweth  our  frame  ;  he  remem- 
bereth  that  we  are  dust. 


§  30  Of  Gocfs  Mercy.  49 

As  for  man,  his  days  mr  as  grass  :  as  a 
flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth. 

*h  For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is 
gone ;  and  the  j^lace  thereof  shall  know  it 
no  more. 

But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  ever- 
lasting to  everlasting  upon  them  that  fear 
him,  and  his  righteousness  unto  children's 
children  ; 

*b  To  such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and  to 
those  that  remember  his  commandments  to 
do  them. 

The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne  in 
the  heavens ;  and  his  kingdom  ruleth  over 
all. 

*h  Bless  the  Lord,  ye  his  angels,  that 
excel  in  strength,  that  do  his  command- 
ments, hearkening  unto  the  voice  of  his 
word. 

Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts  ;  ye 
ministers  of  his,  that  do  his  pleasure. 

*h  Bless  the  Lord,  all  his  works  in  all 
places  of  his  dominion :  bless  the  Lord,  O 
my  spui. 

Psalfn  ciii.  1-22. 


50  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  31 

tE:i;irt^=fir0t  g>rlrction* 

Hoiv  Excellent  is  TJiy  Loving-kindness. 
HY  mercy,  O  Lord,  is  in  the  heavens  ; 


T 


and  thy  faithfulness  reacJietJi  unto 
the  clouds. 

*b  Thy  righteousness  is  like  the  great 
mountains  ;  thy  judgments  are  a  great  deep : 

O  Lord,  thou  preservest  man  and  beast. 

Hh  How  excellent  is  thy  loving-kindness, 
O  God !  therefore  the  children  of  men 
put  their  trust  under  the  shadow  of  thy 
wings. 

They  shall  be  abundantly  satisfied  with 
the  fatness  of  thy  house ; 

^  And  thou  shalt  make  them  drink  of 
the  river  of  thy  pleasures. 

For  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life :  in 
thy  light  shall  we  see  light. 

^  O  continue  thy  loving-kindness  unto 
them  that  know  thee ; 

And  thy  righteousness  to  the  upright  in 
heart. 

Psalm  xxxvi.  5-10. 


32  Of  God's  Mer-cy.  51 


T 


TJic  Giver  of  the  Hcarfs  Desire, 

HE  king  shall  joy  in  thy  strength,  O 
Lord  ;  and  in  thy  salvation  how 
greatly  shall  he  rejoice  ! 

•^  Thou  hast  given  him  his  heart's  desire, 
and  hast  not  withholden  the  request  of  his 
lips. 

For  thou  preventcst  him  with  the  bless- 
ings of  goodness  :  thou  settest  a  crown  of 
pure  gold  on  his  head. 

^  He  asked  life  of  thee,  and  thou  gavest 
it  him,  even  length  of  days  for  ever  and 
ever. 

His  glory  is  great  in  thy  salvation  :  hon- 
our and  majesty  hast  thou  laid  upon  him. 

"^  For  thou  hast  made  him  most  blessed 
for  ever :  thou  hast  made  him  exceeding 
glad  with  thy  countenance. 

For  the  king  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and 
through  the  mercy  of  the  Most  High  he 
shall  not  be  moved. 

^  Be  thou  exalted,  Lord,  in  thine  own 
strength  :  so  will  we  sing  and  praise  thy 

power.  Psalm  xxi.  i--/,  13. 


52  Of  God's  Mercy,  §  33 


I 


^l)irt^^tl)irD  ^election* 

TJie  Lord  hath  Respect  unto  the  Lozvly. 

WILL  praise  thee  with  my  whole  heart : 
*h  Before  the  gods  will  I  sing  praise 
unto  thee. 

I  will  worship  toward  thy  holy  temple, 
and  praise  thy  name  for  thy  loving-kind- 
ness and  for  thy  truth  :  for  thou  hast  mag- 
nified thy  word  above  all  thy  name. 

^  In  the  day  when  I  cried  thou  an- 
sweredst  me,  and  strengthenedst  me  witJi 
strength  in  my  soul. 

All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall  praise 
thee,  O  Lord,  when  they  hear  the  words 
of  thy  mouth. 

^  Yea,  they  shall  sing  in  the  ways  of  the 
Lord  :  for  great  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

Though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet  hath  he 
respect  unto  the  lowly :  but  the  proud  he 
knoweth  afar  off. 

^  Though  I  walk  in  the  midst  of  trouble, 
thou  wilt  revive  me  : 

Thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thy  hand  against 
the  wrath  of  mine  enemies,  and  thy  right 
hand  shall  save  me. 


§34  Of  God's  Mercy.  53 

^  The  Lord  will  perfect  that  whicJi  con- 
cerneth  me  :  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  endnrcth 
for  ever:  forsake  not  the  works  of  thine 
own  hands. 

Psalm  cxxxviii.  i-8. 


^i)irt^:=fourtl;  ^election* 

T/ion  Tcllest  My  Wanderings. 

BE  merciful  unto  me,  O  God  :  for  man 
would   swallow  me   up  ;  he  fighting 
daily  oppresseth  me. 

^  Mine  enemies  would  daily  swallow  me 
up  :  for  they  be  many  that  fight  against  me, 

0  thou  Most  High. 

What  time  I  am  afraid,  I  will  trust  in 
thee. 

^  In  God  I  will  praise  his  word,  in  God 

1  have  put  my  trust ;  I  will  not  fear  what 
flesh  can  do  unto  me. 

Every  day  they  wrest  my  words :  all 
their  thoughts  are  against  me  for  evil. 

^  They  gather  themselves  together,  they 
hide  themselves,  they  mark  my  steps,  when 
they  wait  for  my  soul. 

Shall  they  escape  by  iniquity  1  in  tJiine 
anger  cast  down  the  people,  O  God. 


54"  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  35 

^  Thou  tellest  my  wanderings  :  put  thou 
my  tears  into  thy  bottle  :  are  they  not  in 
thy  book  ? 

When  I  cry  tmto  thee,  then  shall  mine 
enemies  turn  back :  this  I  know ;  for  God 
is  for  me. 

^  In  God  will  I  praise  Jiis  word :  in  the 
Lord  will  I  praise  Jiis  word. 

In  God  have  I  put  my  trust :  I  will  not 
be  afraid  what  man  can  do  unto  me. 

^  Thy  vows  are  upon  me,  O  God  :  I  will 
r^ender  praises  unto  thee. 

For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
death  :  wilt  not  thou  deliver  my  feet  from 
falling,  that  I  may  walk  before  God  in  the 
light  of  the  living  t 

Psalm  Ivi.  1-13. 


Wi^xxv^MiX)  g)clcctiou* 

Verily  God  hath  Heard  Me. 

MAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  God,  all  ye 
lands  : 
^  Sing   forth  the  honour  of  his  name  : 
make  his  praise  glorious. 

Say  unto  God,  How  terrible  art  thou  in 
thy  works !  through  the  greatness  of  thy 


§  35  Of  God's  Mercy.  55 

power  shall  thine  enemies  submit  them- 
selves unto  thee. 

*h  All  the  earth  shall  worship  thee,  and 
shall  sing  unto  thee;  they  shall  sing  to  thy 
name. 

Come  and  see  the  works  of  God  :  he  is 
terrible  in  his  doing  toward  the  children  of 
men. 

*h  He  turned  the  sea  into  dry  land:  they 
went  through  the  flood  on  foot :  there  did 
we  rejoice  in  him. 

He  ruleth  by  his  power  for  ever ; 

*h  His  eyes  behold  the  nations  :  let  not 
the  rebellious  exalt  themselves. 

O  bless  our  God,  ye  people,  and  make 
the  voice  of  his  praise  to  be  heard : 

^  Which  holdeth  our  soul  in  life,  and 
suffereth  not  our  feet  to  be  moved. 

Come  and  hear,  all  ye  that  fear  God, 
and  I  will  declare  what  he  hath  done  for 
my  soul. 

*h  I  cried  unto  him  with  my  mouth,  and 
he  was  extolled  with  my  tongue. 

If  I  regard  iniquity  in  my  heart,  the 
Lord  will  not  hear  me: 

*h  But  verily  God  hath  heard  vie ;  he 
hath  attended  to  the  voice  of  my  prayer. 


56  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  36 

Blessed  be  God,  which  hath  not  turned 
away  my  prayer,  nor  his  mercy  from  me. 

Psalm  Ixvi.  1-9,  16-20. 


3:i)irt^=sivtl)  ^election* 

/  Love  the  Lord. 

I  LOVE  the  Lord,  because  he  hath 
heard  my  voice  and  my  suppUca- 
tions. 

>^  Because  he  hath  incUned  his  ear  unto 
me,  therefore  will  I  call  upon  Jiini  as  long 
as  I  live. 

The  sorrows  of  death  compassed  me, 
and  the  pains  of  hell  gat  hold  upon  me: 
I  found  trouble  and  sorrow. 

Hh  Then  called  I  upon  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ;  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  deliver 
my  soul. 

Gracious  is  the  Lord,  and  righteous ; 
yea,  our  God  is  merciful. 

^  The  Lord  preserveth  the  simple :  I 
was  brought  low,  and  he  helped  me. 

Return  unto  thy  rest,  O  my  soul ;  for 
the  Lord  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  thee. 

"^  For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 


§  36  Of  God's  Mercy.  57 

death,  mine  eyes  from  tears,  and  my  feet 
from  falling. 

I  will  walk  before  the  Lord  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

"^  I  believed,  therefore  have  I  spoken  : 
I  was  greatly  afflicted :  I  said  in  my  haste, 
All  men  are  liars. 

What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord  for 
all  his  benefits  toward  me } 

^  I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation,  and 
call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord  now 
in  the  presence  of  all  his  people. 

'^  Precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is 
the  death  of  his  saints. 

0  Lord,  truly  I  am  thy  servant ;  I  am 
thy  servant,  and  the  son  of  thine  hand- 
maid :  thou  hast  loosed  my  bonds. 

^  I  will  offer  to  thee  the .  sacrifice  of 
thanksgiving,  and  will  call  upon  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

1  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord  now 
in  the  presence  of  all  his  people. 

.  "^  In  the  courts  of  the  Lord's  house,  in 
the  midst  of  thee,  O  Jerusalem. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxvi.  1-19. 


58  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  37 

In  the  Shadozv  of  Thy  Wi?igs. 

BE  merciful  unto  me,  O  God,  be  merci- 
ful unto  me :  for  my  soul  trusteth  in 
thee :  yea,  in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings 
will  I  make  my  refuge,  until  these  calami- 
ties be  overpast. 

*i*  I  will  cry  unto  God  Most  High  ;  unto 
God  that  performeth  all  things  for  me. 

He  shall  send  from  heaven,  and  save 
me  fro7n  the  reproach  of  him  that  would 
swallow  me  up. 

^God  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and 
his  truth. 

My  soul  is  among  lions :  and  I  lie  eveji 
among  them  that  are  set  on  fire,  eve7i  the 
sons  of  men,  whose  teeth  are  spears  and 
arrows,  and  their  tongue  a  sharp  sword. 

^  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the 
heavens ;  let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the 
earth. 

They  have  prepared  a  net  for  my  steps ; 
my  soul  is  bowed  down  :  they  have  digged 
a  pit  before  me,  into  the  midst  whereof 
they  are  fallen  themselves. 


§  38  Of  GocVs  Mercy.  59 

Hh  My  heart  is  fixed,  O  God,  my  heart  is 
fixed  :  I  will  sing  and  give  praise. 

Awake  up,  my  glory ;  awake  psaltery 
and  harp  :  I  myself  will  awake  early. 

^h  I  will  23raise  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the 
people  :  I  will  sing  unto  thee  among  the 
nations. 

For  thy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  heavens, 
and  thy  truth  unto  the  clouds. 

^  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the 
heavens :  let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the 
earth. 

Psalm  Ivii.  i-ii. 


TJie  Great  Helper. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord. 
^  Praise  the  Lord,  O  my  soul. 

While  I  live  I  will  praise  the  Lord  :  I 
will  sing  praises  unto  my  God  while  I  have 
any  being. 

^  Put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  nor  in 
the  son  of  man,  in  whom  there  is  no  help. 

His  breath  goeth  forth,  he  returneth  to 
his  earth ;  in  that  very  day  his  thoughts 
perish. 


6o  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  39 

"^  Happy  is  he  that  Jiath  the  God  of 
Jacob  for  his  help,  whose  hope  is  in  the 
Lord  his  God : 

Which  made  heaven,  and  earth,  the  sea, 
and  all  that  therein  is:  which  keepeth 
truth  for  ever : 

^  Which  executeth  judgment  for  the  op- 
pressed ;  which  giveth  food  to  the  hungry. 

The  Lord  looseth  the  prisoners :  the 
Lord  openeth  tJie  eyes  of  the  blind : 

*b  The  Lord  raiseth  them  that  are  bowed 
down  :  the  Lord  loveth  the  righteous  : 

The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers ;  he 
relieveth  the  fatherless  and  widow:  but 
the  way  of  the  wicked  he  turneth  upside 
down. 

•^  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever,  even 
thy  God,  O  Zion,  unto  all  generations. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxlvi.  i-io. 


I 


TJiis  Poor  Man  Cried. 

WILL  bless  the   Lord   at  all   times: 
his  praise  sJiall  continually  be  in  my 


mouth. 


§  39  Of  God's  Mercy.  6i 

^  My  soul  shall  make  her  boast  in  the 
Lord  :  the  humble  shall  hear  thereof,  and 
be  glad. 

O  magnify  the  Lord  with  me,  and  let 
us  exalt  his  name  together. 

•^  I  sought  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me, 
and  delivered  me  from  all  my  fears. 

They  looked  unto  him,  and  were  light- 
ened :  and  their  faces  were  not  ashamed. 

^  This  poor  man  cried,  and  the  Lord 
heard  Jiivi,  and  saved  him  out  of  all  his 
troubles. 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  encampeth  round 
about  them  that  fear  him,  and  delivereth 
them. 

•^  O  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good  : 
blessed  is  the  man  tJiat  trusteth  in  him. 

O  fear  the  Lord,  ye  his  saints ;  for  tJiere 
is  no  want  to  them  that  fear  him. 

"^  The  young  lions  do  lack,  and  suffer 
hunger :  but  they  that  seek  the  Lord  shall 
not  want  any  good  tiling. 

Come,  ye  children,  hearken  unto  me :  I 
will  teach  you  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

>i^  What  man  is  Jie  that  desireth  life, 
and  loveth  many  days,  that  he  may  see 
good  ? 


62  Of  God's  Mercy.  §  39 

Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil,  and  thy  lips 
from  speaking  guile. 

*h  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good ;  seek 
peace,  and  pursue  it. 

The  eyes  of  the  Lord  arc  upon  the 
righteous,  and  his  ears  arc  open  unto  their 
cry. 

•^  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against  them 
that  do  evil,  to  cut  off  the  remembrance  of 
thefn  from  the  earth. 

The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  heareth, 
and  delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles. 

►f*  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are 
of  a  broken  heart ;  and  saveth  such  as  be 
of  a  contrite  spirit. 

Many  arc  the  afflictions  of  the  righteous  : 
but  the  Lord  delivereth  him  out  of  them  all. 

•^  He  keepeth  all  his  bones :  not  one  of 
them  is  broken. 

Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked  :  and  they  that 
hate  the  righteous  shall  be  desolate. 

^  The  Lord  redeemeth  the  soul  of  his 
servants :  and  none  of  them  that  trust  in 
him  shall  be  desolate. 

Psalm  xxxiv,  1-22. 


I 


VII. 

OF   GOD'S   FAITHFULNESS. 

ifortiftl)  g)clcction* 

The  Covenant. 

WILL  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the  Lord 
for  ever : 

^  With  my  mouth  will  I  make  known 
thy  faithfulness  to  all  generations. 

For  I  have  said,  Mercy  shall  be  built  up 
for  ever : 

"^  Thy  faithfulness  shalt  thou  establish 
in  the  very  heavens. 

I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my  chosen, 
I  have  sworn  unto  David  my  servant, 

^  Thy  seed  will  I  establish  for  ever,  and 
build  up  thy  throne  to  all  generations. 

And  the  heaVens  shall  praise  thy  won- 
ders, O  Lord  :  thy  faithfulness  also  in  the 
congregation  of  the  saints. 

*b  For  who  in  the  heaven  can  be  com- 
pared unto  the  Lord  t  ivJio  among  the  sons 
of  the  mighty  can  be  likened  unto  the  Lord  .'' 


64  Of  God's  Faithfulness.  §  41 

God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  as- 
sembly of  the  saints,  and  to  be  had  in  rev- 
erence of  all  theui  that  are  about  him. 

Psalm  Ixxxix.  1-7. 


G 


Reniejnber  the  Days  of  Old. 

IVE  ear,  O  ye  heavens,   and    I    will 

-^     speak ; 

*h  And  hear,  O  earth,  the  words  of  my 
mouth. 

My  doctrine  shall  drop  as  the  rain,  my 
speech  shall  distil  as  the  dew,  as  the  small 
rain  upon  the  tender  herb,  and  as  the 
showers  upon  the  grass  : 

*h  Because  I  will  publish  the  name  of  the 
Lord  :  ascribe  ye  greatness  unto  our  God. 

He  is  the  Rock,  his  word  is  perfect :  for 
all  his  ways  are  judgment : 

*h  A  God  of  truth  and  tvithout  iniquity, 
just  and  right  is  he. 

They  have  corrupted  themselves,  their 
spot  is  not  the  spot  of  his  children  : 

*h  They  are  a  perverse  and  crooked  gen- 
eration. 


§  41  Of  God's  Fait Jif Illness.  65 

Do  ye  thus  requite  the  Lord,  O  fooUsh 
people  and  unwise  ?  is  not  he  thy  father 
that  hath  bought  thee  ? 

*b  Hath  he  not  made  thee,  and  estabhshed 
thee  ? 

Remember  the  days  of  old,  consider  the 
years  of  many  generations  : 

^  Ask  thy  father,  and  he  will  shew  thee  ; 
thy  elders,  and  they  will  tell  thee. 

When  the  Most  High  divided  to  their 
nations  their  inheritance,  when  he  sepa- 
rated the  sons  of  Adam,  he  set  the  bounds 
of  the  people  according  to  the  number 
of  the  children  of  Israel. 

^  For  the  Lord's  portion  is  his  people ; 
Jacob  is  the  lot  of  his  inheritance. 

He  found  him  in  a  desert  land,  and  in 
the  waste  howling  wilderness  ; 

*b  He  led  him  about,  he  instructed  him, 
he  kept  him  as  the  apple  of  his  eye. 

As  an  eagle  stirreth  up  her  nest,  flutter- 
eth  over  her  young,  spreadeth  abroad  her 
wings,  taketh  them,  beareth  them  on  her 
wings  : 

^  So  the  Lord  alone  did  lead  him,  and 
there  zvas  no  strange  god  with  him. 

Deuteronomy  xxxii.  1-12, 


66  Of  God' s  FaitJifidness.  §  42 


o 


i?ort^=0rcontJ  g^clection* 

The  Lord  is  Our  Defence. 

LORD  God  of  hosts,  who  is  a  strong 
Lord  like  unto  thee  ?  or  to  thy  faith- 
fulness round  about  thee  ? 

^  Thou  rulest  the  raging  of  the  sea : 
when  the  waves  thereof  arise,  thou  stillest 
them. 

Thou  hast  broken  Rahab  in  pieces,  as 
one  that  is  slain  ;  thou  hast  scattered  thine 
enemies  with  thy  strong  arm. 

^  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  also 
is  thine :  as  for  the  world,  and  the  fulness 
thereof,  thou  hast  founded  them. 

The  north  and  the  south  thou  hast 
created  them  :  Tabor  and  Hermon  shall  re- 
joice in  thy  name. 

Hh  Thou  hast  a  mighty  arm  :  strong  is  thy 
hand,  and  high  is  thy  right  hand. 

Justice  and  judgment  ai'e  the  habitation 
of  thy  throne  :  mercy  and  truth  shall  go 
before  thy  face. 

^  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know  the 
joyful  sound :  they  shall  walk,  O  Lord,  in 
the  light  of  thy  countenance. 


§  43  Of  God' s  Fait Jif Illness.  6^ 

In  thy  name  shall  they  rejoice  all  the 
day  :  and  in  thy  righteousness  shall  they  be 
exalted. 

*h  For  thou  ai't  the  glory  of  their 
strength ;  and  in  thy  favour  our  horn 
shall  be  exalted. 

For  the  Lord  is  our  defence ;  and  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  is  our  King. 

Psalm  Ixxxix.  8-18. 


j?oitv^=tl)irti  g)clfction* 

The  People  of  His  Pasture. 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord: 
*b  Let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  to  the 
Rock  of  our  salvation. 

Let  us  come  before  his  presence  with 
thanksgiving,  and  make  a  joyful  noise 
unto  him  with  psalms. 

*i*  For  the  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a 
great  King  above  all  gods. 

In  his  hand  ai-e  the  deep  places  of  the 
earth  :  the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his  also. 

*i*  The  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it :  and 
his  hands  formed  the  dry  land. 

O  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow  down  : 
let  us  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  maker. 


68  Of  God's  Faithfulness.  §  44 

*h  For  he  is  our  God  ;  and  we  are  the 
people  of  his  pasture,  and  the  sheep  of  his 
hand. 

To-day,  if  ye  will  hear  his  voice,  harden 
not  your  heart,  as  in  the  provocation,  and 
as  in  the  day  of  temptation  in  the  wilder- 
ness : 

*h  When  your  fathers  tempted  me,  proved 
me,  and  saw  my  work. 

Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved  with  this 
generation,  and  said.  It  is  a  people  that  do 
err  in  their  heart,  and  they  have  not  known 
my  ways : 

*h  Unto -whom  I  sware  in  my  wrath,  that 
they  should  not  enter  into  my  rest. 

Psalm  xcv.  i-ii. 


/  will  Deelarc  Thy  Name. 

WILL  declare  thy  name  unto  my  breth- 
ren :  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation 
will  I  praise  thee. 

*h  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  praise  him ; 
all  ye  the  seed  of  Jacob,  glorify  him  ;  and 
fear  him,  all  ye  the  seed  of  Israel. 


I 


§  44  Of  God' s  Faithfulness.  69 

For  he  hath  not  despised  nor  abhorred 
the  affliction  of  the  afflicted;  neither  hath 
he  hid  his  face  from  him ;  but  when  he 
cried  unto  him,  he  heard. 

*h  My  praise  shall  be  of  thee  in  the  great 
congregation :  I  will  pay  my  vows  before 
them  that  fear  him. 

The  meek  shall  eat  and  be  satisfied : 
they  shall  praise  the  Lord  that  seek  him  : 
your  heart  shall  live  for  ever. 

*i*  All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall  re- 
member and  turn  unto  the  Lord  : 

And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  nations  shall 
worship  before  thee. 

*h  For  the  kingdom  is  the  Lord's  :  and 
he  is  the  governor  among  the  nations. 

All  they  that  be  fat  upon  earth  shall  eat 
and  worship  :  all  they  that  go  down  to  the 
dust  shall  bow  before  him  :  and  none  can 
keep  alive  his  own  soul. 

*i*  A  seed  shall  serve  him  ;  it  shall  be 
accounted  to  the  Lord  for  a  generation. 

They  shall  come,  and  shall  declare  his 
righteousness  unto  a  people  that  shall  be 
born,  that  he  hath  done  this. 

Psabti  xxii.  22-31. 


/O  Of  God's  FaitJifiilness.  §  45 

ifortt'=ltftl)  ^election* 

Blessed  is  the  Nation. 

REJOICE  in  the  Lord,  O  ye  righteous: 
for  praise  is  comely  for  the  upright. 

*b  Praise  the  Lord  with  harp  :  sing  unto 
him  with  the  psaltery  and  an  instrument 
of  ten  strings. 

Sing  unto  him  a  new  song ;  play  skil- 
fully with  a  loud  noise. 

^  For  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  right ; 
and  all  his  works  are  done  in  truth. 

He  loveth  righteousness  and  judgment: 
the  earth  is  full  of  the  goodness  of  the 
Lord. 

^  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were  the 
heavens  made  ;  and  all  the  host  of  them 
by  the  breath  of  his  mouth. 

He  gathereth  the  waters  of  the  sea 
together  as  a  heap  :  he  layeth  up  the 
depth  in  storehouses. 

^  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Lord  :  let 
all  the  inhabitants  of  the  world  stand  in 
awe  of  him. 

For  he  spake,  and  it  was  done ;  he  com- 
manded, and  it  stood  fast. 


§  4^  Of  God's  Faithfiihiess.  Ji 

^  The  Lord  bringeth  the  counsel  of  the 
heathen  to  nought:  he  maketh  the  devices 
of  the  people  of  none  effect. 

The  counsel  of  the  Lord  standeth  for 
ever,  the  thoughts  of  his  heart  to  all 
generations. 

^  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose  God  is 
the  Lord  ;  and  the  people  ivhovi  he  hath 
chosen  for  his  own  inheritance. 

Psalm  xxxiii.  1-12. 


O 


We  Jiave  Waited  for  Him. 

LORD,  thou  art  my  God  ;  I  will  exalt 
thee,  I  will  praise  thy  name ;  for 
thou  hast  done  wonderful  tilings. 

^  Thy  counsels  of  old  arc  faithfulness 
and  truth. 

For  thou  hast  made  of  a  city  a  heap  ; 
of  a  defenced  city  a  ruin :  a  palace  of 
strangers  to  be  no  city ;  it  shall  never 
be  built. 

^  Therefore  shall  the  strong  people  glo- 
rify thee,  the  city  of  the  terrible  nations 
shall  fear  thee. 


72  Of  God' s  FaitJifulncss.  §  46 

For  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the 
poor,  a  strength  to  the  needy  in  his  dis- 
tress, a  refuge  from  the  storm,  a  shadow 
from  the  heat,  when  the  blast  of  the  terri- 
ble ones  is  as  a  storm  against  the  wall. 

^  Thou  shalt  bring  down  the  noise  of 
strangers,  as  the  heat  in  a  dry  place ;  even 
the  heat  with  the  shadow  of  a  cloud  :  the 
branch  of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be  brought 
low. 

And  in  this  mountain  shall  the  Lord  of 
hosts  make  unto  all  people  a  feast  of  fat 
things,  a  feast  of  wines  on  the  lees,  of 
fat  things  full  of  marrow,  of  wines  on  the 
lees  well  refined. 

^  And  he  will  destroy  in  this  mountain 
the  face  of  the  covering  cast  over  all  people, 
and  the  vail  that  is  spread  over  all  nations. 

He  will  swallow  up  death  in  victory ; 
and  the  Lord  God  will  wipe  away  tears 
from  off  all  faces ; 

^  And  the  rebuke  of  his  people  shall  he 
take  away  from  off  all  the  earth :  for  the 
Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day,  Lo,  this 
is  our  God ;  we  have  waited  for  him,  and 
he  will  save  us  : 


§  47  Of  God' s  FaitJifulncss.  73 

►f"  This  is  the  Lord  ;  we  have  waited  for 
him,  we  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  his 
salvation.     ■ 

Isaiah  xxv.  1-9. 


He  hath  not  Dealt  so  zviih  Any  Nation. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord  : 
>b  For  it  is  good  to  sing  praises  unto 
our  God ;  for  it  is  pleasant ;  and  praise  is 
comely. 

The  Lord  doth  build  up  Jerusalem  :  he 
gathereth  together  the  outcasts  of  Lsrael. 

►t"  He  healeth  the  broken  in  heart,  and 
bindeth  up  their  wounds. 

He  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars  ;  he 
calleth  them  all  by  tJieir  names. 

*b  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  great  power : 
his  understanding  is  infinite. 

The  Lord  lifteth  up  the  meek  :  he  cast- 
eth  the  wicked  down  to  the  ground. 

^  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  thanksgiv- 
ing ;  sing  praise  upon  the  harp  unto  our 
God: 

Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds, 
who    prepareth    rain   for  the    earth,    who 


74  Of  God's  Faithfnhicss.  §  47 

maketh  grass  to  grow  upon  the  moun- 
tains. 

"^  He  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food,  audio 
the  young  ravens  which  cry. 

He  dehghteth  not  in  the  strength  of  the 
horse :  he  taketh  not  pleasure  in  the  legs 
of  a  man. 

Hh  The  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  them  that 
fear  him,  in  those  that  hope  in  his  mercy. 

Praise  the  Lord,  O  Jerusalem ;  praise 
thy  God,  O  Zion. 

*h  For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  of 
thy  gates;  he  hath  blessed  thy  children 
within  thee : 

He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders,  and 
filleth  thee  with  the  finest  of  the  wheat. 

^  He  sendeth  forth  his  commandment 
upon  earth  :  his  word  runneth  very  swiftly. 

He  giveth  snow  like  wool :  he  scattereth 
the  hoar-frost  like  ashes. 

*i*  He  casteth  forth  his  ice  like  morsels : 
who  can  stand  before  his  cold  .-^ 

He  sendeth  out  his  word,  and  melteth 
them  :  he  causeth  his  wind  to  blow,  and  the 
waters  flow. 

*h  He  sheweth  his  word  unto  Jacob,  his 
statutes  and  his  judgments  unto  Israel. 


§  48  Of  God' s  FaitJifidness.  75 

He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  any  nation : 
and  as  for  Jus  judgments,  they  have  not 
known  them. 

^  Praise  ye  the  Lord.      Psaim  cxivii.  1-20. 


G 


A  Morning  Prayer. 

IVE  ear  to  my  words,  O  Lord,  con- 
sider my  meditation. 

^  Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  my  cry,  my 
King,  and  my  God  :  for  unto  thee  will  I 
pray. 

My  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the  morning, 
O  Lord  ;  in  the  morning  will  I  direct  viy 
prayer  unto  thee,  and  will  look  up. 

^  For  thou  art  not  a  God  that  hath 
pleasure  in  wickedness :  neither  shall  evil 
dwell  with  thee. 

The  foolish  shall  not  stand  in  thy  sight : 
thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

^  Thou  shalt  destroy  them  that  speak 
leasing:  the  Lord  will  abhor  the  bloody 
and  deceitful  man. 

But  as  for  me,  I  will  come  into  thy  house 
in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy  :  ajid  in  thy 


y^  Of  GcnVs  Faithfulness.  §  49 

fear  will  I  worship  toward  thy  holy  tem- 
ple. 

^  Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  righteous- 
ness, because  of  mine  enemies ;  make  thy 
way  straight  before  my  face. 

But  let  all  those  that  put  their  trust  in 
thee  rejoice  :  let  them  ever  shout  for  joy, 
because  thou  defendest  them  :  let  them  also 
that  love  thy  name  be  joyful  in  thee. 

^  For  thou.  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  right- 
eous ;  with  favour  wilt  thou  compass  him  as 
with  a  shield. 

Psalm  V.  1-8.  11-12. 


Serve  the  Lord  with  Gladness. 

MAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord, 
all  ye  lands. 
,     *h  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness :  come 
before  his  presence  with  singing. 

Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is  God  :  it  is 
he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves; 
we  are  his  people,  and  the  sheep  of  his 
pasture. 

*i*  Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiving, 


§  49  ^f  God' s  Faithfuhicss.  jy 

and  into  his  courts  with  praise :  be  thank- 
ful unto  him,  and  bless  his  name. 

For  the  Lord  is  good  ;  his  mercy  is  ever- 
lasting ;  and  his  truth  cndurctJi  to  all  gen- 
erations. 

^  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Sing  unto  the 
Lord  a  new  song,  and  his  praise  in  the 
congregation  of  saints. 

Let  Lsrael  rejoice  in  him  that  made  him  : 
let  the  children  of  Zion  be  joyful  in  their 
King. 

*b  Let  them  praise  his  name  in  the  dance: 
let  them  sing  praises  unto  him  with  the 
timbrel  and  harp. 

For  the  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  his 
people :  he  will  beautify  the  meek  with 
salvation. 

Psalms  c.  1-5 ;  cxlix.  1-4. 


VIII. 

OF   GOD'S   WISDOM. 

fiftittl)  ^election* 

T/ie  UnscarcJiablc  God. 

CANST  thou  by  searching  find  out 
God  ?  canst  thou  find  out  the  Al- 
mighty unto  perfection  ? 

"^  It  is  as  high  as  heaven ;  what  canst 
thou  do  ?  deeper  than  hell ;  what  canst  thou 
know  ? 

The  measure  thereof  is  longer  than  the 
earth,  and  broader  than  the  sea. 

►f"  If  he  cut  off,  and  shut  up,  or  gather 
together,  then  who  can  hinder  him  1 

For  he  knoweth  vain  men :  he  seeth 
wickedness  also ;  will  he  not  then  con- 
sider it  ? 

^  For  vain  man  would  be  wise,  though 
man  be  born  like  a  wild  ass's  colt. 

If  thou  prepare  thine  heart,  and  stretch 
out  thine  hands  toward  him  ; 

*h  If  iniquity  be  in  thine  hand,  put  it  far 


§51  Of  God's  Wisdom.  79 

away,  and  let  not  wickedness  dwell  in  thy 
tabernacles. 

For  then  shalt  thou  lift  up  thy  face  with- 
out spot ;  yea,  thou  shalt  be  steadfast,  and 
shalt  not  fear : 

*b  Because  thou  shalt  forget  thy  misery, 
and  remember  it  as  waters  t/iat  pass 
away: 

And  t/iine  age  shall  be  clearer  than  the 
noonday  ;  thou  shalt  shine  forth,  thou  shalt 
be  as  the  morning. 

*i*  And  thou  shalt  be  secure,  because 
there  is  hope  ;  yea,  thou  shalt  dig  about  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  take  thy  rest  in  safety. 

Job  xi.  7-18. 


ififtv^^first  ^election* 

The  Searcher  of  Hearts. 

OLORD,  thou  hast  searched  me,  and 
know  me. 
*i*  Thou    knowest   my    downsitting    and 
mine    uprising,    thou    understandest    my 
thought  afar  off. 

Thou  compassest  my  path  and  my  lying 
down,  and  art  acquainted  zvith  all  my 
ways. 


8o  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  5 1 

^  For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my  tongue, 
but  lo,  O  Lord,  thou  knowest  it  alto- 
gether. 

Thou  hast  beset  me  behind  and  before, 
and  laid  thine  hand  upon  me. 

"^  Such  knowledge  is  too  wonderful  for 
me;  it  is  high,  I  cannot  attain  unto  it. 

Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  spirit  }  or 
whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  presence  1 

^  If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven,  thou  art 
there:  if  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold, 
thou  art  there. 

If  I  take  the  wings  of  the  morning,  ajid 
dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea  ; 

*i*  Even  there  shall  thy  hand  lead  me, 
and  thy  right  hand  shall  hold  me. 

If  I  say,  Surely  the  darkness  shall  cover 
me  ;  even  the  night  shall  be  light  about  me. 

^  Yea,  the  darkness  hideth  not  from 
thee  ;  but  the  night  shineth  as  the  day  : 

The  darkness  and  the  light  aj-e  both 
alike  to  thee. 

*h  Search  me,  O  God,  and  know  my 
heart :  try  me,  and  know  my  thoughts  : ' 

And  see  if  their  be  any  wicked  way  in 
me,  and  lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

Psalm  cxxxix.  1-12,  23,  24. 


§  52  Of  God's  Wisdom.  8l 


B 


WJiere  shall  Wisdom  be  Found  f 

UT  where  shall  wisdom  be  found  ? 
and  where  is  the  place  of  under- 
standing ? 

^  Man  knoweth  not  the  price  thereof ; 
neither  is  it  found  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

The  depth  saith,  It  is  not  in  me :  and 
the  sea  saith  :  //  is  not  with  me. 

^  It  cannot  be  gotten  for  gold,  neither 
shall  silver  be  weighed  for  the  price 
thereof. 

It  cannot  be  valued  with  the  gold  of 
Ophir,  with  the  precious  onyx,  or  the 
sapphire. 

Hh  The  gold  and  the  crystal  cannot  equal 
it :  and  the  exchange  of  it  sJuill  not  be  for 
jewels  of  fine  gold. 

No  mention  shall  be  made  of  coral,  or 
of  pearls  :  for  the  price  of  wisdom  is  above 
rubies. 

^  The  topaz  of  Ethiopia  shall  not  equal 
it,  neither  shall  it  be  valued  with  pure  gold. 

Whence  then  cometh  wisdom }  and 
where  is  the  place  of  understanding  ? 


82  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  53 

^  Seeing  it  is  hid  from  the  eyes  of  all 
living,  and  kept  close  from  the  fowls  of 
the  air. 

Destruction  and  death  say,  We  have 
heard  the  fame  thereof  with  our  ears. 

>^  God  understandeth  the  way  thereof, 
and  he  knoweth  the  place  thereof. 

For  he  looketh  to  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
and  seeth  under  the  whole  heaven  ; 

Hh  To  make  the  weight  for  the  winds ; 
and  he  weigheth  the  waters  by  measure. 

When  he  made  a  decree  for  the  rain, 
and  a  way  for  the  lightning  of  the  thunder  : 

"^  Then  did  he  see  it,  and  declare  it ;  he 
prepared  it,  yea,  and  searched  it  out. 

And  unto  man  he  said,  Behold,  the  fear 
of  the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom  ;  and  to  depart 
from  evil  is  understanding. 

Job  xxviii.  12-28. 


Search  for  Her  as  for  Hid  Treasure. 

MY  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my  words, 
and  hide  my  commandments  with 
thee ; 

►I^  So  that  thou  incline  thine  ear  unto 


§  54  <y  God's  Wisdom.  83 

wisdom,  and  apply  thine  heart  to  under- 
standing ; 

Yea,  if  thou  criest  after  knowledge,  and 
liftest  up  thy  voice  for  understanding ; 

*b  If  thou  seekest  her  as  silver,  and 
searchest  for  her  as  for  hid  treasures ; 

Then  shalt  thou  understand  the  fear  of 
the  Lord,  and  find  the  knowledge  of  God. 

*h  For  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom :  out  of 
his  mouth  conieth  knowledge  and  under- 
standing. 

He  layeth  up  sound  wisdom  for  the 
righteous  :  Jic  is  a  buckler  to  them  that 
walk  uprightly. 

^  He  keepeth  the  paths  of  judgment, 
and  preserveth  the  way  of  his  saints. 

Then  shalt  thou  understand  righteous- 
ness, and  judgment,  and  equity  :  yea,  every 
good  path. 

Proverbs  ii.  1-9. 


H 


ififtv^fourtl)  §)rlrction* 

She  is  More  Precious  than  Rnbies. 

APPY  is  the  man  tJiat  findeth  wis- 
dom,   and    the    man    that    getteth 


understanding 


84  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  54 

•^  For  the  merchandise  of  it  is  better 
than  the  merchandise  of  silver,  and  the 
gain  thereof  than  fine  gold. 

She  is  more  precious  than  rubies  :  and 
all  the  things  thou  canst  desire  are  not  to 
be  compared  unto  her. 

Hh  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right  hand ; 
and  in  her  left  hand  riches  and  honour. 

Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and 
all  her  paths  are  peace. 

^  She  is  a  tree  of  life  to  them  that  lay 
hold  upon  her :  and  happy  is  every  one 
that  retaineth  her. 

The  Lord  by  wisdom  hath  founded  the 
earth ;  by  understanding  hath  he  estab- 
lished the  heavens. 

^  By  his  knowledge  the  depths  are 
broken  up,  and  the  clouds  drop  down 
the  dew. 

My  son,  let  not  them  depart  from  thine 
eyes :  keep  sound  wisdom  and  discre- 
tion : 

^  So  shall  they  be  life  unto  thy  soul, 
and  grace  to  thy  neck. 

Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy  way  safely, 
and  thy  foot  shall  not  stumble. 

"^  When  thou  liest  down,  thou  shalt  not 


§  55  Of  God's  Wisdom.  85 

be  afraid :  yea,  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and 
thy  sleep  shall  be  sweet. 

Be  not  afraid  of  sudden  fear,  neither  of 
the  desolation  of  the  wicked,  when  it  cometh. 

^  For  the  Lord  shall  be  thy  confidence, 
and  shall  keep  thy  foot  from  being  taken. 

Proverbs  iii.  13-26. 


D 


Doth  not  Wisdom  Cry  ? 
OTH    not  wisdom    cry .?    and    under- 


standing put  forth  her  voice.? 

^  She  standeth  in  the  top  of  high  places, 
by  the  way  in  the  places  of  the  paths. 

She  crieth  at  the  gates,  at  the  entry  of 
the  city,  at  the  coming  in  at  the  doors  : 

*h  Unto  you,  O  men,  I  call ;  and  my  voice 
is  to  the  sons  of  man. 

O  ye  simple,  understand  wisdom  :  and, 
ye  fools,  be  ye  of  an  understanding  heart. 

*h  Hear ;  for  I  will  speak  of  excellent 
things ;  and  the  opening  of  my  lips  shall, 
be  right  things. 

For  my  mouth  shall  speak  truth  ;  and 
wickedness  is  an  abomination  to'  my  lips. 


86  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  55 

^  All  the  words  of  my  mouth  arc  in 
righteousness;  there  is  nothing  froward  or 
perverse  in  them. 

They  are  all  plain  to  him  that  under- 
standeth,  and  right  to  them  that  find 
knowledge. 

^  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not  sil- 
ver; and  knowledge  rather  than  choice 
gold. 

For  wisdom  is  better  than  rubies ;  and 
all  the  things  that  may  be  desired  are  not 
to  be  compared  to  it. 

^  I  wisdom  dwell  with  prudence,  and 
find  out  knowledge  of  witty  inventions. 

The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil : 
pride,  and  arrogancy,  and  the  evil  way, 
and  the  froward  mouth,  do  I  hate. 

^  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wisdom  : 
I  am  understanding ;  I  have  strength. 

By  me  kings  reign,  and  princes  decree 
justice. 

^  By  me  princes  rule,  and  nobles,  even 
all  the  judges  of  the  earth. 

I  love  them  that  love  me ;  and  those 
that  seek  me  early  shall  find  me. 

^  Riches  and  honour  are  with  me ;  yea^ 
durable  riches  and  righteousness. 


§  56  Of  Gocfs  Wisdom.  ^J 

My  fruit  is  better  than  gold,  yea,  than  fine 
gold ;  and  my  revenue  than  choice  silver. 

^  I  lead  in  the  way  of  righteousness,  in 
the  midst  of  the  paths  of  judgment : 

That  I  may  cause  those  that  love  me 
to  inherit  substance  ;  and  I  will  fill  their 

treasures.  Proverbs  viii.  1-21. 

Good  DocU'ine. 
EAR,  ye  children,  the  instruction  of 
a  father,  and  attend  to  know  under- 
standing. 

^  For  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  forsake 
ye  not  my  law. 

For  I  was  my  father's  son,  tender  and 
only  beloved  in  the  sight  of  my  mother. 

^  He  taught  me  also,  and  said  unto  me. 
Let  thine  heart  retain  my  words :  keep 
my  commandments,  and  live. 

Get  wisdom,  get  understanding :  forget 
it  not ;  neither  decline  from  the  words  of 
my  mouth. 

^  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shall  preserve 
thee  :  love  her,  and  she  shall  keep  thee. 

Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing ;  therefore 


H 


S8  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  57 

get  wisdom :  and  with  all  thy  getting  get 
understanding. 

►I^  Exalt  her,  and  she  shall  promote 
thee :  she  shall  bring  thee  to  honour, 
when  thou  dost  embrace  her. 

She  shall  give  to  thine  head  an  orna- 
ment of  grace :  a  crown  of  glory  shall  she 
deliver  to  thee. 

'^  Hear,  O  my  son,  and  receive  my  say- 
ings; and  the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be 
many. 

I  have  taught  thee  in  the  way  of  wis- 
dom ;  I  have  led  thee  in  right  paths. 

^  When  thou  goest,  thy  steps  shall  not 
be  straitened ;  and  when  thou  runnest, 
thou  shalt  not  stumble. 

Take  fast  hold  of  instruction  ;  let  her 
not  go :  keep  her ;  for  she  is  thy  life. 

Proverbs  iv.  1-13. 

i?ift^=sfebentl)  S>election* 

So  Teach  Us  to  Njimbcj'  On?'  Days. 

LORD,  thou  hast   been   our  dwelling- 
place  in  all  generations. 
*h  Before   the   mountains   were   brought 
forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth 


§57  Of  God's  Wisdom.  89 

and  the  world,  even  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting,  thou  art  God. 

Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction ;  and 
sayest,  Return,  ye  children  of  men, 

"^  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are 
but  as  yesterday  when  it  is  past,  and  as  a 
watch  in  the  night. 

Thou  carriest  them  away  as  with  a 
flood ;  they  are  as  a  sleep  :  in  the  morn- 
ing tJiey  are  like  grass  zvJdcJi  groweth  up. 

►t"  In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and 
groweth  up ;  in  the  evening  it  is  cut 
down,  and  withereth. 

For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger, 
and  by  thy  wrath  are  we  troubled. 

*J*  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before 
thee,  our  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy 
countenance. 

For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  in  thy 
wrath  :  we  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  tJiat 
is  told. 

^  The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore 
years  and  ten  ; 

And  if  by  reason  of  strength  tJiey  be 
fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength 
labour  and  sorrow ;  for  it  is  soon  cut 
off,  and  we  fly  away. 


go  Of  God's  Wisdom.  §  57 

^i*-  Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine 
anger  ?  even  according  to  thy  fear,  so  is 
thy  wrath. 

So  teach  21s  to  number  our  days,  that 
we  may  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

^  Return,  O  Lord,  how  long }  and  let 
it  repent  thee  concerning  thy  servants. 

O  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy ;  that 
we  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all  our  days. 

^  Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days 
wherein  thou  hast  afflicted  us,  and  the 
years  zvherein  we  have  seen  evil. 

Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants, 
and  thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

^  And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our 
God  be  upon  us  : 

And  establish  thou  the  work  of  our 
hands  upon  us  ;  yea,  the  work  of  our  hands 
establish  thou  it. 

Psalm  xc.  1-17. 


IX. 

CHRIST   AND   HIS   KINGDOM. 

TJwiL  ai't  My  Son. 

WHY  do  the  heathen  rage  ?  and  the 
people  imagine  a  vain  thing  ? 

^  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  themselves, 
and  the  rulers  take  counsel  together, 

Against  the  Lord,  and  against  his 
anointed,  saying, 

►J*  Let  us  break  their  bands  asunder,  and 
cast  away  their  cords  from  us. 

He  that  sitteth  in  the  heavens  shall  laugh  : 
the  Lord  shall  have  them  in  derision. 

^  Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them  in  his 
wrath,  and  vex  them  in  his  sore  displeas- 
ure. 

Yet  have  I  set  my  king  upon  my  holy 
hill  of  Zion. 

*b  I  will  declare  the  decree  :  the  Lord 
hath  said  unto  me,  Thou  art  my  Son ;  this 
day  have  I  begotten  thee. 


92  Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  59 

Ask  of  me,  and  I  shall  give  thee  the 
heathen/^r  thine  inheritance,  and  the  utter- 
most parts  of  the  earth  for  thy  possession. 

^  Thou  shalt  break  them  with  a  rod  of 
iron ;  thou  shalt  dash  them  in  pieces  like  a 
potter's  vessel. 

Be  wise  now  therefore,  O  ye  kings :  be 
instructed,  ye  judges  of  the  earth. 

^  Serve  the  Lord  with  fear,  and  rejoice 
with  trembling. 

Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry,  and  ye 
perish  from  the  way,  when  his  wrath  is 
kindled  but  a  little. 

Hh  Blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their 
trust  in  him. 

Psalm  ii.  1-12. 


i?ift\?=nmtl)  g)rlrctton* 

TJie  Heir  of  All  Tilings. 

GOD,  who  at  sundry  times  and  in  di- 
vers  manners   spake  in   time   past 
unto  the  fathers  by  the  prophets, 

^  Hath  in  these  last  days  spoken  unto 
us  by  his  Son,  whom  he  hath  appointed 
heir  of  all  things,  by  whom  also  he  made 
the  worlds ; 


§  59        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  93 

Who  being  the  brightness  of  Jiis  glory, 
and  the  express  image  of  his  person,  and 
upholding  all  things  by  the  word  of  his 
power,  when  he  had  by  himself  purged  our 
sins,  sat  down  on  the  right  hand 'of  the 
Majesty  on  high  ; 

^  Being  made  so  much  better  than  the 
angels,  as  he  hath  by  inheritance  obtained 
a  more  excellent  name  than  they. 

For  unto  which  of  the  angels  said  he  at 
any  time,  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have 
I  begotten  thee  ?  And  again,  I  will  be  to 
him  a  Father,  and  he  shall  be  to  me  a  Son  ? 

^  And  again,  when  he  bringeth  in  the 
first-begotten  into  the  world,  he  saith.  And 
let  all  the  angels  of  God  worship  him. 

And  of  the  angels  he  saith,  Who  maketh 
his  angels  spirits,  and  his  ministers  a  flame 
of  fire. 

Hh  But  unto  the  Son,  Jie  saith,  Thy  throne, 
O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever  :  a  sceptre  of 
righteousness  is  the  sceptre  of  thy  king- 
dom ; 

Thou  hast  loved  righteousness,  and  hated 
iniquity ;  therefore  God,  even  thy  God, 
hath  anointed  thee  with  the  oil  of  glad- 
ness above  thy  fellows. 


94  Christ  and  His  Kingdom.         §  60 

*h  And,  Thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning 
hast  laid  the  foundation  of  the  earth ;  and 
the  heavens  are  the  works  of  thine  hands. 

They  shall  perish ;  but  thou  remainest  : 
and  they  all  shall  wax  old  as  doth  a  gar- 
ment ; 

*b  And  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou  fold  them 
up,  and  they  shall  be  changed :  but  thou 
art  the  same,  and  thy  years  shall  not  fail. 

Hebrews  i.  1-12. 


Fairer  than  the  Children  of  Men. 

MY  heart  is  inditing  a  good  matter :  I 
speak  of  the  things  which  I  have 
made  touching  the  king :  my  tongue  is  the 
pen  of  a  ready  writer. 

^  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  children  of 
men  :  grace  is  poured  into  thy  lips  :  there- 
fore God  hath  blessed  thee  for  ever. 

Gird  thy  sword  upon  tJiy  thigh,  O  most 
mighty,  with  thy  glory  and  thy  majesty. 

Hh  And  in  thy  majesty  ride  prosperously, 
because  of  truth  and  meekness  and  right- 
eousness ;  and  thy  right  hand  shall  teach 
thee  terrible  things. 


§  6o         Christ  aiid  His  Kingdom.  95 

^  Thine  arrows  are  sharp  in  the  heart 
of  the  king's  enemies;  wJiercby  the  people 
fall  under  thee. 

Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever: 
the  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a  right 
sceptre. 

*b  Thou  lovest  righteousness,  and  hatest 
wickedness  :  therefore  God,  thy  God,  hath 
anointed  thee  with  the  oil  of  gladness 
above  thy  fellows. 

All  thy  garments  smell  of  myrrh,  and 
aloes,  and  cassia,  out  of  the  ivory  palaces, 
whereby  they  have  made  thee  glad. 

^  King's  daughters  were  among  thy 
honourable  women  :  upon  thy  right  hand 
did  stand  the  queen  in  gold  of  Ophir. 

Hearken,  O  daughter,  and  consider,  and 
incline  thine  ear ;  forget  also  thine  own 
people,  and  thy  father's  house  ; 

^  So  shall  the  king  greatly  desire  thy 
beauty:  for  he  is  thy  Lord;  and  worship 
thou  him. 

And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shall  be  tJiere 
with  a  gift ;  even  the  rich  among  the  people 
shall  entreat  thy  favour. 

^  The  king's  daughter  is  all  glorious 
within  :   her  clothing  is  of  wrought  gold. 


96  Christ  and  His  Kingdom.         §  61 

She  shall  be  brought  unto  the  king  in 
raiment  of  needlework ;  the  virgins  her 
companions  that  follow  her  shall  be  brought 
unto  thee. 

^  With  gladness  and  rejoicing  shall  they 
be  brought :  they  shall  enter  into  the  king's 
palace. 

Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy  chil- 
dren, whom  thou  mayest  make  princes  in 
all  the  earth. 

^I  will  make  thy  name  to  be  remem- 
bered in  all  generations  :  therefore  shall  the 
people  praise  thee  for  ever  and  ever. 

Psalm  xlv.  1-17. 


^xxv^ixc^i  ^election* 

Men  Shall  be  Blessed  in  Him. 

GIVE  the  king  thy  judgments,  O  God, 
and    thy    righteousness    unto     the 
king's  son. 

*h  He  shall  judge  thy  people  with  right- 
eousness, and  thy  poor  with  judgment. 

The  mountains  shall  bring  peace  to  the 

people,  and  the  little  hills,  by  righteousness. 

*h  He  shall  judge  the  poor  of  the  people, 


§  6 1         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  97 

he  shall  save  the  children  of  the  needy, 
and  shall  break  in  pieces  the  oppressor. 

They  shall  fear  thee  as  long  as  the  sun 
and  moon  endure,  throughout  all  genera- 
tions. 

^  He  shall  come  down  like  rain  upon  the 
mown  grass :  as  showers  tJiat  water  the 
earth. 

In  his  days  shall  the  righteous  flourish  ; 
and  abundance  of  peace  so  long  as  the 
moon  endureth. 

^  He  shall  have  dominion  also  from  sea 
to  sea,  and  from  the  river  unto  the  ends  of 
the  earth. 

They  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  shall 
bow  before  him  ;  and  his  enemies  shall  lick 
the  dust.  The  kings  of  Tarshish  and  of 
the  isles  shall  bring  presents  :  the  kings  of 
Sheba  and  Seba  shall  offer  gifts. 

^  Yea,  all  kings  shall  fall  down  before 
him  :  all  nations  shall  serve  him. 

For  he  shall  deliver  the  needy  when  he 
crieth ;  the  poor  also,  and  him  that  hath  no 
helper. 

^  He  shall  spare  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  shall  save  the  souls  of  the  needy. 

He  shall  redeem  their  soul  from  deceit 


98  Chidst  and  His  Kingdom.         §  61 

and  violence  :  and  precious  shall  their  blood 
be  in  his  sight. 

Hh  And  he  shall  live,  and  to  him  shall  be 
given  of  the  gold  of  Sheba :  jDrayer  also 
shall  be  made  for  him  continually ;  and 
daily  shall  he  be  praised. 

There  shall  be  an  handful  of  corn  in  the 
earth  upon  the  top  of  the  mountains ; 

^  The  fruit  thereof  shall  shake  like 
Lebanon  :  and  tJiey  of  the  city  shall  flour- 
ish like  grass  of  the  earth. 

His  name  shall  endure  for  ever:  his  name 
shall  be  continued  as  long  as  the  sun  : 

•^  And  men  shall  be  blessed  in  him  :  all 
nations  shall  call  him  blessed. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of 
Israel,  who  only  doeth  wondrous  things. 

^  And  blessed  be  his  glorious  name  for 
ever ;  and  let  the  whole  earth  be  filled  zvitli 
his  glory.     Amen,  and  Amen. 

Psalm  Ixxii.  1-19. 


§  62        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  99 


A 


^irt^=0econD  g>rlcction* 

The  Magnificat. 

ND  Mary  said,  My  soul  doth  magnify 
the  Lord, 

•^  And  my  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in  God 
my  Saviour. 

For  he  hath  regarded  the  low  estate  of 
his  handmaiden  :  for  behold,  from  hence- 
forth all  generations  shall  call  me  blessed. 

•^  For  he  that  is  mighty  hath  done  to  me 
great  things ;  and  holy  is  his  name. 

And  his  mercy  is  on  them  that  fear  him, 
from  generation  to  generation. 

*b  He  hath  shewed  strength  with  his 
arm ;  he  hath  scattered  the  proud  in  the 
imagination  of  their  hearts. 

Fie  hath  put  down  the  mighty  from  tJicir 
seats,  and  exalted  them  of  low'degree. 

*h  He  hath  filled  the  hungry  with  good 
things,  and  the  rich  he  hath  sent  empty 
away. 

He  hath  holpcn  his  servant  Israel,  in 
remembrance  of  Jiis  mercy  ; 

^  As  he  spake  to  our  fathers,  to  Abraham, 
and  to  his  seed,  for  ever.        st.  Luke  i.  46-55. 


lOO         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.         §  63 

g)i]rti?^tl)irD  g)dection* 

TJie  Bencdictiis. 

BLESSED  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel ; 
for  he  hath  visited  and  redeemed  his 
people, 

^  And  hath  raised  up  an  horn  of  salva- 
tion for  us,  in  the  house  of  his  servant 
David : 

As  he  spake  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy 
prophets,  which  have  been  since  the  world 
began  : 

•^  That  we  should  be  saved  from  our 
enemies,  and  from  the  hand  of  all  that 
hate  us  ; 

To  perform  the  mercy  pjvniiscd  to  our 
fathers,  and  to  remember  his  holy  cove- 
nant ; 

^  The  oath  which  he  sware  to  our  father 
Abraham, 

That  he  would  grant  unto  us,  that  we, 
being  delivered  out  of  the  hand  of  our 
enemies,  might  serve  him  without  fear, 

^  In  holiness  and  righteousness  before 
him,  all  the  days  of  our  life. 

St,  Luke  i.  68-75. 


§  64        CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.         lOi 

TJic  True  Oblations. 

HEAR,  O  heavens,  and  give  ear,  O 
earth  :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  ; 
I  have  nourished  and  brought  up  children, 
and  they  have  rebelled  against  me. 

^  To  what  purpose  is  the  multitude  of 
your  sacrifices  unto  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

Bring  no  more  vain  oblations  ;  incense 
is  an  abomination  unto  me  ;  the  new  moons 
and  sabbaths,  the  calling  of  assemblies,  I 
cannot  away  with ;  it  is  iniquity,  even  the 
solemn  meeting. 

*b  Your  new  moons  and  your  appointed 
feasts  my  soul  hateth ;  they  are  a  trouble 
unto  me  ;  I  am  weary  to  bear  them. 

And  when  ye  spread  forth  your  hands, 
I  will  hide  mine  eyes  from  you  :  yea,  when 
ye  make  many  prayers,  I  will  not  hear : 
your  hands  are  full  of  blood. 

*b  Wash  you,  make  you  clean ;  put  away 
the  evil  of  your  doings  from  before  mine 
eyes ; 

Cease  to  do  evil  ;  learn  to  do  well ; 

•i*  Seek  judgment,  relieve  the  oppressed, 
judge  the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 


102         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  65 

Come  now,  and  let  us  reason  together, 
saith  the  Lord  : 

^  Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they 
shall  be  as  white  as  snow  : 

Though  they  be  red  like  crimson,  they 
shall  be  as  wool. 

•^  If  ye  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye  shall 
eat  the  good  of  the  land  : 

But  if  ye  refuse  and  rebel,  ye  shall  be 
devoured  with  the  sword  :  for  the  mouth 
of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

Isaiah  i.  2,  11,  13-20. 


The  Front  is  ed  Light. 

THE  people  that  walked  in  darkness 
have  seen  a  great  light :  they  that 
dwell  in  the  land  of  the  shadow  of  death, 
upon  them  hath  the  light  shined. 

*h  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a 
son  is  given  ;  and  the  government  shall  be 
upon  his  shoulder : 

And  his  name  shall  be  called  Wonderful, 
Counsellor,  The  mighty  God,  The  ever- 
lasting Father,  The  Prince  of  Peace. 


§  65        Christ  and  His  Kingdom .  103 

^  Of  the  increase  of  his  government 
and  peace  there  shall  be  no  end.  The 
zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will  perform 
this. 

And  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out 
of  the  stem  of  Jesse,  and  a  Branch  shall 
grow  out  of  his  roots  : 

*i*  And  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest 
upon  him,  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  under- 
standing, the  spirit  of  counsel  and  might, 
the  spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear 
of  the  Lord  ; 

And  shall  make  him  of  quick  under- 
standing in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  :  and  he 
shall  not  judge  after  the  sight  of  his  eyes, 
neither  reprove  after  the  hearing  of  his 
ears  : 

^  But  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge 
the  poor,  and  reprove  with  equity  for  the 
meek  of  the  earth. 

And  righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle  of 
his  loins,  and  faithfulness  the  girdle  of  his 
reins. 

"i"  The  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with  the 
lamb,  and  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with 
the  kid ; 

And  the  calf   and  the  young   lion  and 


I04        .CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  ^6 

the  fatling  together ;  and  a  little  child 
shall  lead  them. 

^  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall  feed ; 
their  young  ones  shall  lie  down  together ; 
and  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox. 

And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the 
hole  of  the  asp,  and  the  weaned  child  shall 
put  his  hand  on  the  cockatrice's  den. 

^  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all 
my  holy  mountain  :  for  the  earth  shall  be 
full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea. 

Isaiak  ix.  2,  6,  7 ;  xi.  1-9. 


Behold  My  Servant. 
EH  OLD  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold 


B 


mine  elect,  in  whom  my  soul  de- 
lighteth  ;  I  have  put  my  spirit  upon  him  : 
he  shall  bring  forth  judgment  to  the 
Gentiles. 

*i*  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  lift  up,  nor  cause 
his  voice  to  be  heard  in  the  street. 

A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break,  and 
the  smoking  flax  shall  he  not  quench  :  he 
shall  bring  forth  judgment  unto  truth. 


§  66        CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.  105 

"^  He  shall  not  fail  nor  be  discouraged, 
till  he  have  set  judgment  in  the  earth  : 
and  the  isles  shall  wait  for  his  law. 

Thus  saith  God  the  Lord,  he  that  cre- 
ated the  heavens,  and  stretched  them  out ; 
he  that  spread  forth  the  earth,  and  that 
which  Cometh  out  of  it ; 

^  He  that  giveth  breath  unto  the  peo- 
ple upon  it,  and  spirit  to  them  that  walk 
therein  : 

I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  right- 
eousness, and  will  hold  thine  hand,  and 
will  keep  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a  cov- 
enant of  the  people,  for  a  light  of  the 
Gentiles ; 

*^  To  open  the  blind  eyes,  to  bring  out 
the  prisoners  from  the  prison,  and  them 
that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison 
house. 

I  am  the  Lord  :  that  is  my  name  :  and 
my  glory  will  I  not  give  to  another,  neither 
my  praise  to  graven  images. 

•^  Behold,  the  former  things  are  come 
to  pass,  and  new  things  do  I  declare  :  be- 
fore they  spring  forth  I  tell  you  of  them. 

Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song,  and  his 
praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth,  ye  that 


io6  Christ  and  His  Kingdojn.        §  6/ 

go  down  to  the  sea,  and  all  that  is  there- 
in ;  the  isles,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

^  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities 
thereof  lift  up  their  voice,  the  villages 
that  Kedar  doth  inhabit : 

Let  the  inhabitants  of  the  rock  sing,  let 
them  shout  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 

Hh  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the  Lord, 
and  declare  his  praise  in  the  islands. 

And  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way 
that  they  knew  not ;  I  will  lead  them  in 
paths  that  they  have  not  known  : 

^  I  will  make  darkness  light  before 
them,  and  crooked  things  straight.  These 
things  will  I  do  unto  them,  and  not  for- 
sake them. 

Isaiah  xlii.  1-12,  16. 

^irt^^gebrntl;  g)election* 

The  First-born  of  All  Creation. 

FOR  this  cause  we  also,  since  the  day 
we  heard  //,  do  not  cease  to  pray  for 
you,  and  to  desire  that  ye  might  be  filled 
with  the  knowledge  of  his  will  in  all  wis- 
dom and  spiritual  understanding ; 

•^  That   ye    might  walk  worthy  of   the 


§  6/        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  107 

Lord  unto  all  pleasing,  being  fruitful  in 
every  good  work,  and  increasing  in  the 
knowledge  of  God ; 

Strengthened  with  all  might,  according 
to  his  glorious  power,  unto  all  patience 
and  long-suffering  with  joyfulness; 

^  Giving  thanks  unto  the  Father,  which 
hath  made  us  meet  to  be  partakers  of  the 
inheritance  of  the  saints  in  light : 

Who  hath  delivered  us  from  the  power 
of  darkness,  and  hath  translated  11s  into 
the  kingdom  of  his  dear  Son  : 

^  In  whom  v/e  have  redemption  through 
his  blood,  even  the  forgiveness  of  sins : 

Who  is  the  image  of  the  invisible  God, 
the  first-born  of  every  creature :  for  by 
him  were  all  things  created,  that  are  in 
heaven,  and  that  are  in  earth,  visible  and 
invisible,  whether  they  be  thrones,  or  do- 
minions, or  principalities,  or  powers :  all 
things  were  created  by  him,  and  for  him  : 

*b  And  he  is  before  all  things,  and  by 
him  all  things  consist. 

And  he  is  the  head  of  the  body,  the 
church :  who  is  the  beginning,  the  first- 
born from  the  dead  ;  that  in  all  tJiino^s  he 
might  have  the  pre-eminence. 


io8         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  68 

Hh  For  it  pleased  the  Father  that  in  him 
should  all  fulness  dwell ; 

And,  having  made  peace  through  the 
blood  of  his  cross,  by  him  to  reconcile  all 
things  unto  himself  ;  by  him,  /  say,  whether 
they  be  things  in  earth,  or  things  in  heaven. 

Co  loss  i  an  s  i.  9-20. 


g>irt^=eigt)tt)  Selection* 

Snrely  He  Hath  Borne  Our  Griefs. 
HO  hath  believed  our  report  ? 


w 


^  And  to  whom  is  the  arm  of  the 
Lord  revealed  ? 

For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a 
tender  plant,  and  as  a  root  out  of  a  dry 
ground :   he  hath  no  form  nor  comeliness  ; 

^  And  when  we  shall  see  him,  tJiere  is 
no  beauty  that  we  should  desire  him. 

He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men  ;  a 
man  of  sorrows,  and  acquainted  with  grief: 

•^  And  we  hid  as  it  were  onr  faces  from 
him ;  he  was  despised,  and  we  esteemed 
him  not. 

Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and 
carried  our  sorrows  : 


§  6S        Christ  and  His  Kino-dom.  109 

^  Yet  we  did  esteem  him  stricken,  smit- 
ten of  God,  and  afflicted. 

But  he  was  wounded  for  our  transgres- 
sions, Jie  was  bruised  for  our  iniquities : 

^  The  chastisement  of  our  peace  was 
upon  him ;  and  with  his  stripes  we  are 
healed. 

All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray ;  we 
have  turned  every  one  to  his  own  way ; 

^  And  the  Lord  hath  laid  on  him  the 
iniquity  of  us  all. 

He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted, 
yet  he  opened  not  his  mouth  :  he  is  brought 
as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep 
before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  openeth 
not  his  mouth. 

•i^  He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from 
judgment :  and  who  shall  declare  his 
generation } 

For  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the  land  of 
the  living  :  for  the  transgression  of  my 
people  was  he  stricken. 

^  And  he  made  his  grave  with  the 
wicked,  and  with  the  rich  in  his  death ; 
because  he  had  done  no  violence,  neither 
ivas  any  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise  him ; 


no         Christ  and  His  Kingdovi.        §  69 

he  hath  put  Jiivi  to  grief  :  when  thou  shalt 
make  his  soul  an  offering  for  sin,  he  shall 
see  Ids  seed,  he  shall  prolong  Jiis  days,  and 
the  pleasure  of  the  Lord  shall  prosper  in 
his  hand. 

•^  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul, 
and  shall  be  satisfied  :  by  his  knowledge 
shall  my  righteous  servant  justify  many  ; 
for  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 

Therefore  will  I  divide  \\\Vii  a  portion  with 
the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil 
with  the  strong ;  because  he  hath  poured 
out  his  soul  unto  death  : 

*b  And  he  was  numbered  with  the  trans- 
gressors ;  and  he  bare  the  sin  of  many,  and 
made  intercession  for  the  transgressors. 

Isaiah  liii.  1-12. 


g)iTO=nintl)  ^election* 

Perfect  tJirough  Sufferings. 

OR  unto  the  angels  hath  he  not  put  in 
subjection  the  world  to  come  whereof 
we  speak. 

^  But   one    in  a  certain  place  testified, 
saying,  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful 


F 


CJirist  and  His  Kins^dom.  HI 


of  him  ?  or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  visit- 
est  him  ? 

Thou  madest  him  a  little  lower  than  the 
angels ;  thou  crownedst  him  with  glory  and 
honour,  and  didst  set  him  over  the  works 
of  thy  hands  ; 

•^  Thou  hast  put  all  things  in  subjection 
under  his  feet. 

For  in  that  he  put  all  in  subjection  under 
him,  he  left  nothing  that  is  not  put  under 
him. 

•^  But  now  we  see  not  yet  all  things  put 
under  him  : 

But  we  see  Jesus,  who  was  made  a  little 
lower  than  the  angels  for  the  suffering  of 
death,  crowned  with  glory  and  honour ; 

*b  That  he  by  the  grace  of  God  should 
taste  death  for  every  man. 

For  it  became  him,  for  whom  are  all 
things,  and  by  whom  arc  all  things,  in 
bringing  many  sons  unto  glory,  to  make 
the  Captain  of  their  salvation  perfect 
through  sufferings. 

^  For  both  he  that  sanctifieth,  and  they 
who  are  sanctified,  are  all  of  one  :  for  which 
cause  he  is  not  ashamed  to  call  them 
brethren, 


112  CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  70 

Saying,  I  will  declare  thy  name  unto  my 
brethren,  in  the  midst  of  the  church  will  I 
sing  praise  unto  thee. 

Hebrews  ii,  5-12. 


Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord. 

COMFORT  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people, 
saith  your  God.  Speak  ye  comfort- 
ably to  Jerusalem,  and  cry  unto  her,  that 
her  warfare  is  accomplished,  that  her  iniq- 
uity is  pardoned  : 

*h  For  she  hath  received  of  the  Lord's 
hand  double  for  all  her  sins. 

The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the  wilder- 
ness. Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord, 
make  straight  in  the  desert  a  highway  for 
our  God. 

*i*  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted,  and 
every  mountain  and  hill  shall  be  made 
low : 

And  the  crooked  shall  be  made  straight, 
and  the  rough  places  plain  : 

Hh  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
revealed,    and   all   flesh    shall    see    it  to- 


§  /O        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  113 

gether :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

The  voice  said,  Cry.  And  he  said,  What 
shall  I  cry  ? 

^  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all  the  goodli- 
ness  thereof  is  as  the  flower  of  the  field : 

The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  : 
because  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  bloweth 
upon  it :  surely  the  people  is  grass. 

^  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  : 
but  the  word  of  our  God  shall  stand  for 
ever. 

O  Zion,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  get 
thee  up  into  the  high  mountain ; 

^  O  Jerusalem,  that  bringest  good  tid- 
ings, lift  up  thy  voice  with  strength  ;  lift 
//  up,  be  not  afraid ;  say  unto  the  cities  of 
Judah,  Behold  your  God  ! 

Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come  with 
strong  Jiand,  and  his  arm  shall  rule  for  him  : 

•^  Behold,  his  reward  is  with  him,  and 
his  work  before  him. 

He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd  : 
he  shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm,  and 
carry  them  in  his  bosom,  and  shall  gently 
lead  those  that  are  with  young. 

Isaiah  xl.  i-ii. 


114         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  71 


H 


TJie  Messenger  of  Good  Tidings. 

OW  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are 
the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good 
tidings,  that  pubhsheth  peace ;  that  bring- 
eth good  tidings  of  good,  that  pubhsheth 
salvation ;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy  God 
reigneth ! 

^  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the  voice  ; 
with  the  voice  together  shall  they  sing  :  for 
they  shall  see  eye  to  eye,  when  the  Lord 
shall  bring  again  Zion. 

Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together,  ye 
waste  places  of  Jerusalem  :  for  the  Lord 
hath  comforted  his  people,  he  hath  re- 
deemed Jerusalem. 

•^  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy 
arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations ;  and  all 
the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the  salvation 
of  our  God. 

Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye  out  from 
thence,  touch  no  unclean  thing ;  go  ye 
out  of  the  midst  of  her ;  be  ye  clean,  that 
bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 

*b  For  ye  shall  not  go  out  with  haste,  nor 


§  ^2        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  1 1 5 

go  by  flight :  for  the  Lord  will  go  before 
you ;  and  the  God  of  Israel  zvill  be  your 
rearward. 

Behold,  my  servant  shall  deal  prudently, 
he  shall  be  exalted  and  extolled,  and  be 
very  high. 

•^  As  many  were  astonied  at  thee;  his 
visage  was  so  marred  more  than  any  man, 
and  his  form  more  than  the  sons  of  men  : 

So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations ;  the 
kings  shall  shut  their  mouths  at  him  :  for 
tJiat  which  had  not  been  told  them  shall 
they  see ;  and  tJiat  which  they  had  not 
heard  shall  they  consider. 

Isaiah  lii.  7-15. 

TJic  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  Rest  upon  Him. 

AND  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out 
of  the  stem  of  Jesse,  and  a  Branch 
shall  grow  out  of  his  roots : 

*b  And  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest 
upon  him,  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  under- 
standing, the  spirit  of  counsel  and  might, 
the  spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of 
the  Lord  ; 


Ii6         CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  72 

And  shall  make  him  of  quick  under- 
standing in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  :  and 
he  shall  not  judge  after  the  sight  of  his 
eyes,  neither  reprove  after  the  hearing  of 
his  ears  : 

^  But  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge 
the  poor,  and  reprove  with  equity  for  the 
meek  of  the  earth  : 

And  he  shall  smite  the  earth  with  the 
rod  of  his  mouth,  and  with  the  breath  of 
his  lips  shall  he  slay  the  wicked. 

^  And  righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle 
of  his  loins,  and  faithfulness  the  girdle  of 
his  reins. 

The  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb, 
and  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the 
kid ;  and  the  calf  and  the  young  lion  and 
the  fatling  together;  and  a  little  child  shall 
lead  them. 

^  And  in  that  day  thou  shalt  say,  O 
Lord,  I  will  praise  thee  :  though  thou  wast 
angry  with  me,  thine  anger  is  turned  away, 
and  thou  comfortedst  me. 

Behold,  God  is  my  salvation ;  I  will  trust, 
and  not  be  afraid  :  for  the  Lord  JEHO- 
VAH is  my  strength  and  viy  song  ;  he  also 
is  become  my  salvation. 


§  y^        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  117 

•^  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw 
water  out  of  the  wells  of  salvation. 

And  in  that  day  shall  ye  say,  Praise  the 
Lord,  call  upon  his  name,  declare  his 
doings  among  the  people,  make  mention 
that  his  name  is  exalted. 

•^  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done 
excellent  things  :  this  is  known  in  all  the 
earth. 

Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  inhabitant  of 
Zion  :  for  great  is  the  Holy  One  of  Israel 
in  the  midst  of  thee. 

Isaiah  XI.  i-6;  xii.  i-6. 

g)rt3ent^=tl)irti  ^election* 

T/ie  Lord  hath  Ajwintcd  Ale. 

THE  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon 
me  ;  because  the  Lord  hath  anointed 
me  to  preach  good  tidings  unto  the  meek ; 
he  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up  the  broken- 
hearted, to  proclaim  liberty  to  the  captives, 
and  the  opening  of  the  prison  to  them  that 
are  bound  ; 

^  To  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  day  of  vengeance  of  our 
God  ;  to  comfort  all  that  mourn  ; 


Ii8         CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  73 

To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  m 
Zion,  to  give  unto  them  beauty  for  ashes, 
the  oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment  of 
praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness;  that  they 
might  be  called  trees  of  righteousness,  the 
planting  of  the  Lord,  that  he  might  be 
glorified. 

*b  And  they  shall  build  the  old  wastes, 
they  shall  raise  up  the  former  desolations, 
and  they  shall  repair  the  waste  cities,  the 
desolations  of  many  generations. 

And  strangers  shall  stand  and  feed  your 
flocks,  and  the  sons  of  the  alien  sJiall  be 
your  plowmen  and  your  vinedressers. 

^  But  ye  shall  be  named  the  Priests  of 
the  Lord  :  men  shall  call  you  the  Ministers 
of  our  God : 

Ye  shall  eat  the  riches  of  the  Gentiles, 
and  in  their  glory  shall  ye  boast  your- 
selves. 

^  For  your  shame  j/^  shall  have  double  ; 
and/fr  confusion  they  shall  rejoice  in  their 
portion  :  therefore  in  their  land  they  shall 
possess  the  double  :  everlasting  joy  shall  be 
unto  them. 

For  I  the  Lord  love  judgment,  I  hate 
robbery  for  burnt  offering ;  and  I  will  di- 


§  74        CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.  119 

rect  their  work  in  truth,  and  I  will  make 
an  everlasting  covenant  with  them. 

^  And  their  seed  shall  be  known  among 
the  Gentiles,  and  their  offspring  among  the 
people:  all  that  see  them  shall  acknowl- 
edge them,  that  they  mr  the  seed  zvhich 
the  Lord  hath  blessed. 

I  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  my 
soul  shall  be  joyful  in  my  God  ;  for  he  hath 
clothed  me  with  the  garments  of  salvation, 
he  hath  covered  me  with  the  robe  of  right- 
eousness, as  a  bridegroom  decketh  Jnmself 
with  ornaments,  and  as  a  bride  adorneth 
herself  with  her  jewels. 

*h  For  as  the  earth  bringeth  forth  her 
bud,  and  as  the  garden  causeth  the  things 
that  are  sown  in  it  to  spring  forth  ;  so  the 
Lord  God  will  cause  righteousness  and 
praise  to  spring  forth  before  all  the  nations. 

Isaiah  Ixi.  i-ii. 


T 


§)tt5enti?=fourtl)  ^election* 

The  Covenant  of  Peace. 

HUS  saith  the  Lord,  the  Redeemer 
of  Israel,  and  his  Holy  One,  to  him 


120         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  74 

whom  man  despiseth,  to  him  whom  the 
nation  abhorreth,  to  a  servant  of  rulers, 

^  Kings  shall  see  and  arise,  princes  also 
shall  worship,  because  of  the  Lord  that  is 
faithful,  and  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  and 
he  shall  choose  thee. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  an  acceptable 
time  have  I  heard  thee,  and  in  a  day  of 
salvation  have  I  helped  thee : 

*b  And  I  will  preserve  thee,  and  give 
thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people,  to  es- 
tablish the  earth,  to  cause  to  inherit  the 
desolate  heritages; 

That  thou  mayest  say  to  the  prisoners, 
Go  forth  ;  to  them  that  arc  in  darkness, 
Shew  yourselves. 

►^  They  shall  feed  in  the  ways,  and  their 
pastures  shall  be  in  all  high  places. 

They  shall  not  hunger  nor  thirst ;  neither 
shall  the  heat  nor  sun  smite  them  : 

'^  For  he  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall 
lead  them,  even  by  the  springs  of  water 
shall  he  guide  them. 

And  I  will  make  all  my  mountains  a  way, 
and  my  highways  shall  be  exalted. 

>b  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  far : 
and,   lo,  these  from  the  north  and  from 


§75        Christ  and  His  Kingdom. 


121 


the  west;  and  these  from  the  land  of 
Sinim. 

Sing,  O  heavens ;  and  be  joyful,  O  earth  ; 
and  break  forth  into  singing,  O  mountains  : 

*h  For  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his 
people,  and  will  have  mercy  upon  his 
afflicted. 

Isaiah  xlix.  7-13. 


Oui'  Peace. 

WHEREFORE  remember,  that  ye  be- 
ing in  time  past  Gentiles  in  the 
flesh,  who  are  called  Uncircumcision  by 
that  which  is  called  the  Circumcision  in 
the  flesh  made  by  hands ; 

*h  That  at  that  time  ye  were  without 
Christ,  being  aliens  from  the  common- 
wealth of  Israel,  and  strangers  from  the 
covenants  of  promise,  having  no  hope,  and 
without  God  in  the  world  : 

But  now,  in  Christ  Jesus,  ye,  who  some- 
times were  far  off,  are  made  nigh  by  the 
blood  of  Christ. 

^  For  he  is  our  peace,  who  hath  made 


122  Chi'ist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  75 

both  one,  and  hath  broken  down  the  middle 
wall  of  partition  betzvccn  ns  ; 

Having  abolished  in  his  flesh  the  enmity, 
even  the  law  of  commandments  contaiiicd 
in  ordinances  :  for  to  make  in  himself  of 
twain  one  new  man,  so  making  peace ; 

•^  And  that  he  might  reconcile  both  unto 
God  in  one  body  by  the  cross,  having  slain 
the  enmity  thereby  : 

And  came  and  preached  peace  to  you 
which  were  afar  off,  and  to  them  that  were 
nigh. 

^  For  through  him  we  both  have  access 
by  one  Spirit  unto  the  Father. 

Now  therefore  ye  are  no  more  strangers 
and  foreigners,  but  fellow-citizens  with  the 
saints,  and  of  the  household  of  God  ; 

^  And  are  built  upon  the  foundation  of 
apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ  him- 
self being  the  chief  CQ)XX\Q.x-stone  ; 

In  whom  all  the  building  fitly  framed  to- 
gether, groweth  unto  an  holy  temple  in  the 
Lord  : 

^  In  whom  ye  also  are  builded  together, 
for  an  habitation  of  God  through  the 
Spirit. 

Ephesians  ii.  11-22. 


§  7^        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  123 

Thejoyofthc  Whole  Earth. 

r^  RE  AT  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be 
^^J"  praised  in  the  city  of  our  God,  /;/ 
the  mountain  of  his  holiness. 

^  Beautiful  for  situation,  the  joy  of  the 
whole  earth,  is  mount  Zion,  on  the  sides  of 
the  north,  the  city  of  the  great  king. 

God  is  known  in  her  palaces  for  a  refuge. 
^  For,    lo,    the   kings    were    assembled, 
they  passed  by  together. 

They  saw  it,  a?id so  they  marvelled  ;  they 
were  troubled,  and  hasted  away. 

*h  Fear  took  hold  upon  them  there,  and 
pain,  as  of  a  woman  in  travail. 

Thou  breakest  the  ships  of  Tarshish  with 
an  east  wind. 

*h  As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we  seen  in 
the  city  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  the  city 
of  our  God  :  God  will  establish  it  for  ever. 

We  have  thought  of  thy  loving-kindness, 
O  God,  in  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

^  According  to  thy  name,  O  God,  so  is 
thy  praise  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth  :  thy 
right  hand  is  full  of  righteousness. 


124         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  "j*] 

Let  mount  Zion  rejoice,  let  the  daugh- 
ters of  Judah  be  glad,  because  of  thy 
judgments. 

^  Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round  about 
her:  tell  the  towers  thereof. 

Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks,  consider  her 
palaces ;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  genera- 
tion following. 

'^  For  this  God  is  our  God  for  ever  and 
ever  :  he  will  be  our  guide  even  unto  death. 

Psalm  xlviii.  1-14. 


Great  Shall  be  the  Peace  of  Thy  CJiildren. 
THOU  afflicted,  tossed  with  tempest. 


o 


and  not  comforted,  behold,  I  will  lay 
thy  stones  with  fair  colours,  and  lay  thy 
foundations  with  sapphires. 

^  And  I  will  make  thy  windows  of 
agates,  and  thy  gates  of  carbuncles,  and 
all  thy  borders  of  pleasant  stones. 

And  all  thy  children  sJiall  be  taught  of 
the  Lord  ; 

^  And  great  shall  be  the  peace  of  thy 
children. 


§  7^        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  125 

In  righteousness  shalt  thou  be  estab- 
lished :  thou  shalt  be  far  from  oppression ; 
for  thou  shalt  not  fear  :  and  from  terror ; 
for  it  shall  not  come  near  thee. 

^  Behold,  they  shall  surely  gather  to- 
gether, but  not  by  me :  whosoever  shall 
gather  together  against  thee  shall  fall  for 
thy  sake. 

Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith  that 
bloweth  the  coals  in  the  fire,  and  that 
bringeth  forth  an  instrument  for  his  work ; 
and  I  have  created  the  waster  to  destroy. 

•^  No  weapon  that  is  formed  against  thee 
shall  prosper ;  and  every  tongue  that  shall 
rise  against  thee  in  judgment  thou  shalt 
condemn. 

This  is  the  heritage  of  the  servants  of 
the  Lord,  and  their  righteousness  is  of  me, 
saith  the  Lord. 

Isaiah  liv.  11-17. 

^etintt^=rigf)tf)  fe)rlcction* 

They  Shall  Obtain  Joy  and  Gladness. 

THE  wilderness  and  the  solitary  place 
shall    be    glad  for  them ;     and    the 
desert  shall  rejoice,  and  blossom  as  the  rose. 


126  CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  J^ 

"^  It  shall  blossom  abundantly,  and  re- 
joice even  with  joy  and  singing: 

The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto 
it,  the  excellency  of  Carmel  and  Sharon  ; 

^  They  shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord, 
ajid  the  excellency  of  our  God. 

Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands,  and  con- 
firm the  feeble  knees. 

Hh  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  fearful  heart. 
Be  strong,  fear  not : 

Behold,  your  God  will  come  with  ven- 
geance, even  God  ivith  a  recompence ;  he 
will  come  and  save  you. 

^  Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be 
opened,  and  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be 
unstopped. 

Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  an 
hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing : 
for  in  the  wilderness  shall  waters  break 
out,  and  streams  in  the  desert. 

>b  And  the  parched  ground  shall  become 
a  pool,  and  the  thirsty  land  springs  of 
water  :  in  the  habitation  of  dragons,  where 
each  lay,  shall  be  grass  with  reeds  and 
rushes. 

And  an  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a 
way,  and  it  shall  be  called  The  way  of  holi- 


§  79       Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  127 

ness ;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass  over  it ; 
but  it  sJiall  be  for  those  :  the  wayfaring 
men,  though  fools,  shall  not  err  therein. 

*b  No  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  any  raven- 
ous beast  shall  go  up  thereon,  it  shall  not 
be  found  there ;  but  the  redeemed  shall 
walk  there :  — 

And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall 
return,  and  come  to  Zion  with  songs  and 
everlasting  joy  upon  their  heads  : 

^  They  shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness, 
and  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee  away. 

Isaiak  XXXV.  i-io. 


Arise,  Shine,  for  Thy  Light  is  Come. 

ARISE,  shine  ;  for  thy  light  is  come,  and 
the  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon 
thee. 

^  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall  cover 
the  earth,  and  gross  darkness  the  people  : 

But  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee,  and 
his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 

*h  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  thy 
light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy 
rising. 


128         Christ  and  His  Kingdom.        §  79 

Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  see  : 
all  they  gather  themselves  together,  they 
come  to  thee : 

►^  Thy  sons  shall  come  from  far,  and  thy 
daughters  shall  be  nursed  at  thy  side. 

Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  together, 
and  thine  heart  shall  fear,  and  be  enlarged  ; 

^  Because  the  abundance  of  the  sea 
shall  be  converted  unto  thee,  the  forces  of 
the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto  thee. 

For  brass  I  will  bring  gold,  and  for  iron 
I  will  bring  silver,  and  for  wood  brass,  and 
for  stones  iron  : 

Hh  I  will  also  make  thy  officers  peace, 
and  thine  exactors  righteousness. 

Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy 
land,  wasting  nor  destruction  within  thy 
borders ; 

*b  But  thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  Salva- 
tion, and  thy  gates  Praise. 

The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by 
day ;  neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon 
give  light  unto  thee  : 

^  But  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an 
everlasting  light,  and  thy  God  thy  glory. 

Thy  sun  shall  no  more  go  down;  neither 
shall  thy  moon  withdraw  itself : 


§  8o       CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.  129 

*i^  For  the  Lord  shall  be  thine  everlast- 
ing light,  and  the  days  of  thy  mourning 
shall  be  ended. 

Thy  people  also  sJiall  be  all  righteous  : 
they  shall  inherit  the  land  for  ever,  the 
branch  of  my  planting,  the  work  of  my 
hands,  that  I  may  be  glorified. 

^  A  little  one  shall  become  a  thousand, 
and  a  small  one  a  strong  nation :  I  the 
Lord  will  hasten  it  in  his  time. 

Isaiah  Ix.  1-5,  17-22. 


Ctgtjtietl)  g>rlcction* 

TJic  Gospel  of  Peace. 

FOR  Christ  is  the  end  of  the  law  for 
righteousness  to  every  one  that  be- 
lieveth. 

*^  For  Moses  describeth  the  righteous- 
ness which  is  of  the  law.  That  the  man 
which  doeth  those  things  shall  live  by 
them. 

But  the  righteousness  which  is  of  faith 
speaketh  on  this  wise,  Say  not  in  thine 
heart,  Who  shall  ascend  into  heaven  }  (that 
is,  to  bring  Christ  down  from  above :) 


130         CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  80 

^  Or,  who  shall  descend  mto  the  deep  ? 
(that  is,  to  brmg  up  Christ  again  from  the 
dead.) 

But  what  saith  it  ?  The  word  is  nigh 
thee,  cvLii  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart : 
that  is,  the  word  of  faith,  which  we 
preach  : 

*^  That  if  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy 
mouth  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in 
thine  heart  that  God  hath  raised  him  from 
the  dead,  thou  shalt  be  saved. 

For  with  the  heart  man  believeth  unto 
righteousness ;  and  with  the  mouth  con- 
fession is  made  unto  salvation. 

'^  For  the  Scripture  saith,  Whosoever 
believeth  on  him  shall  not  be  ashamed. 

For  there  is  no  difference  between  the 
Jew  and  the  Greek :  for  the  same  Lord 
over  all  is  rich  unto  all  that  call  upon 
him. 

^  For  whosoever  shall  call  upon  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  saved. 

How  then  shall  they  call  on  him  in 
whom  they  have  not  believed  .''  and  how 
shall  they  believe  in  him  of  whom  they 
have  not  heard }  and  how  shall  they  hear 
without  a  preacher  } 


§  8 1        CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.  131 

*h  And  how  shall  they  preach,  except 
they  be  sent  ?  as  it  is  written,  How  beauti- 
ful are  the  feet  of  them  that  preach  the 
gospel  of  peace,  and  bring  glad  tidings  of 
good  things ! 

Romans  x.  4-15. 

TJie  Invitation. 

HO,  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye 
to  the  waters,  and  he  that  hath  no 
money ;  come  ye,  buy,  and  eat ; 

»I*  Yea,  come,  buy  wine  and  milk  with- 
out money  and  without  price. 

Wherefore  do  ye  spend  money  for  tJiat 
zvhich  is  not  bread  ?  and  your  labour  for 
that  zvhich  satisfieth  not  ? 

*h  Hearken  diligently  unto  me,  and  eat 
ye  that  zvhich  is  good,  and  let  your  soul 
delight  itself  in  fatness. 

Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me : 
hear,  and  your  soul  shall  live ; 

*b  And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  cove- 
nant with  you,  even  the  sure  mercies  of 
David. 

Behold,  I  have  given  him/<?r  a  witness 


132         CJirist  and  His  Kingdom.        §  81 

to  the  people,  a  leader  and  commander  to 
the  people. 

•^  Behold,  thou  shalt  call  a  nation  that 
thou  knowest  not,  and  nations  that  knew 
not  thee  shall  run  unto  thee  because  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  for  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel ;  for  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

Seek  ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found, 
call  ye  upon  him  while  he  is  near:  let  the 
wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the  unright- 
eous man  his  thoughts  : 

*h  And  let  him  return  unto  the  Lord, 
and  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him ;  and  to 
our  God,  for  he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts, 
neither  are  your  ways  my  ways,  saith  the 
Lord. 

*h  ¥oY  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than 
the  earth,  so  are  my  ways  higher  than 
your  ways,  and  my  thoughts  than  your 
thoughts. 

For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the 
snow  from  heaven,  and  returneth  not 
thither,  but  watereth  the  earth,  and  maketh 
it  bring  forth  and  bud,  that  it  may  give 
seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the  eater : 

*h  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth 


§  8 1        Christ  and  His  Kingdom.  133 

out  of  my  mouth  :  it  shall  not  return  unto 
me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish  that  which 
I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing 
whereto  I  sent  it. 

For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led 
forth  with  peace  : 

^  The  mountains  and  the  hills  shall 
break  forth  before  you  into  singing,  and 
all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  tJieir 
hands. 

Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the 
fir  tree,  and  instead  of  the  brier  shall  come 
up  the  myrtle  tree : 

^  And  it  shall  be  to  the  Lord  for  a 
name,  for  an  everlasting  sign  tJiat  shall  not 
be  cut  off. 

Isaiah  Iv.  1-13. 


X. 

THE  SPIRIT  OF  LIFE. 

The  Spirit  Beareth  Witness. 

THE  Spirit  itself  beareth  witness  with 
our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children 
of  God  :  and  if  children,  then  heirs ;  heirs 
of  God,  and  joint-heirs  of  Christ ; 

^  If  so  be  that  we  suffer  with  him,  that 
we  may  be  also  glorified  together. 

For  I  reckon  that  the  sufferings  of  this 
present  time  are  not  worthy  to  be  compared 
with  the  glory  which  shall  be  revealed  in  us. 

Hh  For  the  earnest  expectation  of  the 
creature  waiteth  for  the  manifestation  of 
the  sons  of  God. 

For  the  creature  was  made  subject  to 
vanity,  not  willingly,  but  by  reason  of  him 
who  hath  subjected  the  same  in  hope, 

^  Because  the  creature  itself  also  shall  be 
delivered  from  the  bondage  of  corruption 
into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  children  of 
God. 


§  82  The  Spirit  of  Life.  135 

For  we  know  that  the  whole  creation 
groaneth  and  travaileth  in  pain  together 
until  now. 

•^  And  not  only  tJiey,  but  ourselves  also, 
which  have  the  firstfruits  of  the  Spirit, 
even  we  ourselves  groan  within  ourselves, 
waiting  for  the  adoption,  to  ivit,  the  re- 
demption of  our  body. 

For  we  are  saved  by  hope :  but  hope 
that  is  seen  is  not  hope  :  for  what  a  man 
seeth,  why  doth  he  yet  hope  for  '^ 

*h  But  if  we  hope  for  that  we  see  not, 
t/ieji  do  we  with  patience  wait  for  it. 

Likewise  the  Spirit  also  helpeth  our  in- 
firmities :  for  we  know  not  what  we  should 
pray  for  as  we  ought : 

*h  But  the  Spirit  itself  maketh  interces- 
sion for  us  with  groanings  which  cannot 
be  uttered. 

And  he  that  searcheth  the  hearts  know- 
eth  what  is  the  mind  of  the  Spirit,  because 
he  maketh  intercession  for  the  saints  ac- 
cording to  the  IV ill  ^  God. 

^  And  we  know  that  all  things  work  to- 
gether for  good  to  them  that  love  God,  to 
them  who  are  the  called  according  to  his 
purpose. 

Romans  viii.  16-28. 


136  The  Spirit  of  Life.  §  83 

The  Law  of  The  Spirit. 

THERE  is  therefore  now  no  condem- 
nation to  them  which  are  in  Christ 
Jesus,  who  walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but 
after  the  Spirit. 

>^  For  the  law  of  the  Spirit  of  life  in 
Christ  Jesus  hath  made  me  free  from  the 
law  of  sin  and  death. 

For  what  the  law  could  not  do,  in  that 
it  was  weak  through  the  flesh,  God  send- 
ing his  own  Son  in  the  likeness  of  sinful 
flesh,  and  for  sin,  condemned  sin  in  the 
flesh  : 

Hh  That  the  righteousness  of  the  law 
might  be  fulfilled  in  us,  who  walk  not  after 
the  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit. 

For  they  that  are  after  the  flesh  do  mind 
the  things  of  the  flesh  ;  but  they  that  are 
after  the  Spirit  the  things  of  the  Spirit. 

•^  For  to  be  carnally  minded  is  death  ;  but 
to  be  spiritually  minded  is  life  and  peace. 

Because  the  carnal  mind  is  enmity 
against  God  :  for  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law 
of  God,  neither  indeed  can  be. 


§  84  The  Spirit  of  Life.  137 

"^  So  then  they  that  are  in  the  flesh 
cannot  please  God. 

But  ye  are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the 
Spirit,  if  so  be  that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwell 
in  you. 

>b  Now  if  any  man  have  not  the  Spirit 
of  Christ,  he  is  none  of  his. 

And  if  Christ  be  in  you,  the  body  is  dead 
because  of  sin ; 

*b  But  the  Spirit  is  life  because  of  right- 
eousness. 

But  if  the  Spirit  of  him  that  raised  up 
Jesus  from  the  dead  dwell  in  you,  he  that 
raised  up  Christ  from  the  dead  shall  also 
quicken  your  mortal  bodies  by  his  Spirit 
that  dwelleth  in  you. 

Romans  viii.  i-ii. 


(II;igl)tv^=fourtt)  ^election* 

The  Ministration  of  the  Spirit. 

BUT  if  the  ministration  of  death,  written 
and  engraven  in  stones,  was  glori- 
ous, so  that  the  children  of  Israel  could 
not  steadfastly  behold  the  face  of  Moses 
for  the  glory  of  his  countenance ;  which 
glory  was  to  be  done  away: 


138  The  Spirit  of  Life.  §  84 

'^  How  shall  not  the  mmistration  of  the 
spirit  be  rather  glorious  ? 

For  if  the  ministration  of  condemnation 
be  glory,  much  more  doth  the  ministration 
of  righteousness  exceed  in  glory. 

*^  For  even  that  which  was  made  glori- 
ous had  no  glory  in  this  respect,  by  reason 
of  the  glory  that  excelleth. 

For  if  that  which  is  done  away  was 
glorious,  much  more  that  which  remaineth 
is  glorious, 

^  Seeing  then  that  we  have  such  hope, 
we  use  great  plainness  of  speech  : 

And  not  as  Moses,  wJiicJi  put  a  vail  over 
his  face,  that  the  children  of  Israel  could 
not  steadfastly  look  to  the  end  of  that 
which  is  abolished : 

"^  But  their  minds  were  blinded  : 

For  until  this  day  remaineth  the  same 
vail  untaken  away  in  the  reading  of  the 
old  testament ;  which  vail  is  done  away  in 
Christ. 

"^  But  even  unto  this  day,  when  Moses 
is  read,  the  vail  is  upon  their  heart. 

Nevertheless,  when  it  shall  turn  to  the 
Lord,  the  vail  shall  be  taken  away. 

^  Now   the    Lord    is   that    Spirit :    and 


§  85  TJie  Spirit  of  Life.  139 

where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is,  there  is 
liberty. 

But  we  all,  with  open  face  beholding 
as  in  a  glass  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  are 
changed  into  the  same  image  from  glory  to 
glory,  even  as  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord. 

2  Corinthians  iii.  7-18. 

TJie  Fniits  of  tJie  Spirit. 

OR,  brethren,  ye  have  been  called 
unto  liberty  ;  only  nse  not  liberty  for 
an  occasion  to  the  flesh,  but  by  love  serve 
one  another. 

^  For  all  the  law  is  fulfilled  in  one  word, 
even  in  this ;  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour 
as  thyself. 

But  if  ye  bite  and  devour  one  another, 
take  heed  that  ye  be  not  consumed  one  of 
another. 

^  This  I  say  then.  Walk  in  the  Spirit, 
and  ye  shall  not  fulfil  the  lust  of  the  flesh. 

For  the  flesh  lusteth  against  the  Spirit, 
and  the  Spirit  against  the  flesh  :  and  these 
are  contrary  the  one  to  the  other ;  so  that 
ye  cannot  do  the  things  that  ye  would. 


F 


140  The  Spirit  of  Life.  §  85 

>b  But  if  ye  be  led  of  the  Spirit,  ye  are 
not  under  the  law. 

Now  the  works  of  the  flesh  are  manifest, 
which  are  tJiesc,  Adultery,  fornication,  un- 
cleanness,  lasciviousness, 

^  Idolatry,  witchcraft,  hatred,  variance, 
emulations,  wrath,  strife,  seditions,  here- 
sies, 

Envyings,  murders,  drunkenness,  revel- 
lings,  and  such  like  :  of  the  which  I  tell  you 
before,  as  I  have  also  told  you.  in  time  past, 
that  they  which  do  such  things  shall  not 
inherit  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Hh  But  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy, 
peace,  longsuffering,  gentleness,  goodness, 
faith,  meekness,  temperance  : 

Against  such  there  is  no  law.  And  they 
that  are  Christ's  have  crucified  the  flesh 
with  the  affections  and  lusts. 

"^  If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let  us  also 
walk  in  the  Spirit. 

Galatians  v.  13-25. 


§  S6  TJie  Spirit  of  Life.  141 


N 


TJie  Unity  of  the  Spirit. 

OW  there  are  diversities  of  gifts,  but 
the  same  Spirit. 

Hh  And  there  are  differences  of  adminis- 
trations, but  the  same  Lord. 

And  there  are  diversities  of  operations, 
but  it  is  the  same  God  which  worketh  all 
in  all. 

"^  But  the  manifestation  of  the  Spirit  is 
given  to  every  man  to  profit  withal. 

For  to  one  is  given  by  the  Spirit  the 
word  of  wisdom  ;  to  another  the  word  of 
knowledge  by  the  same  Spirit ; 

^  To  another  faith  by  the  same  Spirit ; 
to  another  the  gifts  of  healing  by  the  same 
Spirit ; 

To  another  the  working  of  miracles ;  to 
another  prophecy ;  to  another  discerning 
of  spirits  ;  to  another  divers  kinds  of 
tongues  ;  to  another  the  interpretation  of 
tongues  : 

"^  But  all  these  worketh  that  one  and 
the  selfsame  Spirit,  dividing  to  every  man 
severally  as  he  will. 


142  The  Spirit  of  Life.  %  '^6 

For  as  the  body  is  one,  and  hath  many 
members,  and  all  the  members  of  that  one 
body,  being  many,  are  one  body :  so  also  is 
Christ. 

^  For  by  one  Spirit  are  we  all  baptized 
into  one  body,  whether  ive  be  Jews  or  Gen- 
tiles, whether  zve  be  bond  or  free  ;  and  have 
been  all  made  to  drink  into  one  Spirit. 

Tliere  is  one  body,  and  one  Spirit,  even 
as  ye  are  called  in  one  hope  of  your  calling  ; 

^  One  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism. 

One  God  and  Father  of  all,  who  is  above 
all,  and  through  all,  and  in  you  all. 

I  Corinthians  xii.  4-13  ;  Ephesians  iv.  4-6. 


XI. 

TRUE   RELIGION. 

The  Fast  that  God  hath  CJioscn. 

CRY  aloud,  spare  not,  lift  up  thy  voice 
'  like  a  trumpet,  and  shew  my  people 
their  transgression,  and  the  house  of  Jacob 
their  sins. 

^  Yet  they  seek  me  daily,  and  dehght  to 
know  my  ways,  as  a  nation  that  did  right- 
eousness, and  forsook  not  the  ordinance  of 
their  God  : 

They  ask  of  me  the  ordinances  of  justice; 
they  take  delight  in  approaching  to  God. 

*b  Wherefore  have  we  fasted,  say  they, 
and  thou  seest  not }  zvJierefore  have  we 
afflicted  our  soul,  and  thou  takest  no  know- 
ledge } 

Behold,  in  the  day  of  your  fast  ye  find 
pleasure,  and  exact  all  your  labours. 

*^  Behold,  ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate, 
and  to  smite  with  the  fist  of  wickedness : 


144  True  Religion.  %  ^y 

ye  shall  not  fast  as  ye  do  this  day,  to  make 
your  voice  to  be  heard  on  high. 

Is  it  such  a  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ?  a  day 
for  a  man  to  afflict  his  soul  ?  is  it  to  bow 
down  his  head  as  a  bulrush,  and  to  spread 
sackcloth  and  ashes  under  him  ?  wilt  thou 
call  this  a  fast,  and  an  acceptable  day  to 
the  Lord  ? 

*i*  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ? 
to  loose  the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo 
the  heavy  burdens,  and  to  let  the  oppressed 
go  free,  and  that  ye  break  every  yoke  ? 

Is  it  not  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry, 
and  that  thou  bring  the  poor  that  are  cast 
out  to  thy  house  ?  when  thou  seest  the 
naked,  that  thou  cover  him  ;  and  that  thou 
hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own  flesh? 

*h  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the 
morning,  and  thine  health  shall  spring 
forth  speedily  : 

And  thy  righteousness  shall  go  before 
thee ;  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  thy 
rearward. 

*i*  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord 
shall  answer ;  thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall 
say,  Here  I  am. 

Isaiah  Iviii.  1-9. 


T 


True  Religion.  145 

God  shall  Judge  His  People. 

HE  mighty  God,  eveu  the  Lord,  hath 
spoken,  and  called  the  earth  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the  going  down 
thereof. 

"^  Out  of  Zion,  the  perfection  of  beauty, 
God  hath  shined. 

Our  God  shall  come,  and  shall  not  keep 
silence  :  a  fire  shall  devour  before  him,  and  it 
shall  be  very  tempestuous  round  about  him. 

*i^  He  shall  call  to  the  heavens  from 
above,  and  to  the  earth,  that  he  may  judge 
his  people. 

Gather  my  saints  together  unto  me ; 
those  that  have  made  a  covenant  with  me 
by  sacrifice. 

•^  And  the  heavens  shall  declare  his 
righteousness  :  for  God  is  judge  himself. 

Hear,  O  my  people,  and  1  will  speak  ; 

0  Israel,  and  I  will  testify  against  thee  : 

1  am  God,  eveu  thy  God. 

"^  I  will  not  reprove  thee  for  thy  sacri- 
fices or  thy  burnt-offerings,  to  have  been 
continually  before  me. 


146  True  Religion.  §  89 

I  will  take  no  bullock  out  of  thy  house, 
7ior  he-goats  out  of  thy  folds. 

^  For  every  beast  of  the  forest  is  mine, 
and  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills. 

I  know  all  the  fowls  of  the  mountains  : 
and  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field  are  mine. 

^  If  I  were  hungry,  I  would  not  tell 
thee  :  for  the  world  is  mine,  and  the  fulness 
thereof. 

Will  I  eat  the  flesh  of  bulls,  or  drink  the 
blood  of  goats } 

*h  Offer  unto  God  thanksgiving  ;  and  pay 
thy  vows  unto  the  Most  High : 

And  call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble : 
I  will  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt  glorify 
me. 

Psalm  1.  1-15. 


Pure  Religion  and  Undcjiled. 

O  not  err,  my  beloved  brethren. 
Every  good  gift  and  every  perfect 
gift  is  from  above,  and  cometh  down  from 
the  Father  of  lights,  with  whom  is  no  vari- 
ableness, neither  shadow  of  turning. 


D 


§  89  Ti'ue  Religion.  147 

^  Of  his  own  will  begat  he  us  with  the 
word  of  truth,  that  we  should  be  a  kind  of 
firstfruits  of  his  creatures. 

Wherefore,  my  beloved  brethren,  let 
every  man  be  swift  to  hear,  slow  to  speak, 
slow  to  wrath  : 

*b  For  the  wrath  of  man  worketh  not  the 
righteousness  of  God. 

Wherefore,  lay  apart  all  filthiness  and 
superfluity  of  naughtiness,  and  receive 
with  meekness  the  engrafted  word,  which 
is  able  to  save  your  souls. 

Hh  But  be  ye  doers  of  the  word,  and  not 
hearers  only,  deceiving  your  own  selves. 

For  if  any  be  a  hearer  of  the  word,  and 
not  a  doer,  he  is  like  unto  a  man  beholding 
his  natural  face  in  a  glass : 

*^  For  he  beholdeth  himself,  and  goeth 
his  way,  and  straightway  forgetteth  what 
manner  of  man  he  was. 

But  whoso  looketh  into  the  perfect  law 
of  liberty,  and  continueth  therein, 

*b  He  being  not  a  forgetful  hearer,  but 
a  doer  of  the  work,  this  man  shall  be 
blessed  in  his  deed. 

If  any  man  among  you  seem  to  be  re- 
ligious, and  bridleth  not  his    tongue,    but 


148  True  Religion.  §  90 

deceiveth  his  own  heart,  this  man's  rehgion 
is  vain. 

*b  Pure  religion  and  undefiled  before 
God  and  the  Father  is  this,  To  visit  the 
fatherless  and  widows  in  their  affliction, 
and  to  keep  himself  unspotted  from  the 
world. 

James  i.  16-27. 


jpinetiett)  ^election* 

Add  to  Your  Faith  Virtue. 

GRACE  and  peace  be  multiplied  unto 
you  through  the  knowledge  of  God, 
and  of  Jesus  our  Lord, 

"^  According  as  his  divine  power  hath 
given  unto  us  all  things  that  pertain  unto 
life  and  godliness,  through  the  knowledge 
of  him  that  hath  called  us  to  glory  and 
virtue : 

Whereby  are  given  unto  us  exceeding 
great  and  precious  promises ;  that  by  these 
ye  might  be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature, 
having  escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the 
world  through  lust. 

^  And  beside  this,  giving  all  diligence, 


§  90  True  Religion.  149 

add  to  your   faith   virtue;    and   to   virtue 
knowledge ; 

And  to  knowledge  temperance  ;  and  to 
temperance  patience ;  and  to  patience  god- 
liness ; 

*h  And  to  godliness  brotherly  kindness ; 
and  to  brotherly  kindness  charity. 

For  if  these  things  be  in  you,  and 
abound,  they  make  yort  that  ye  shall  neither 
be  barren  nor  unfruitful  in  the  knowledge 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

^  But  he  that  lacketh  these  things  is 
blind,  and  cannot  see  afar  off,  and  hath 
forgotten  that  he  was  purged  from  his  old 
sins. 

Wherefore  the  rather,  brethren,  give 
diligence  to  make  your  calling  and  election 
sure :  for  if  he  do  these  things,  ye  shall 
never  fall : 

^  For  so  an  entrance  shall  be  ministered 
unto  you  abundantly  into  the  everlasting 
kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ. 

2  Peter  i.  2-n. 


XII. 

THE  LAW   OF   GOD. 

Blessed  are  the  Undejileel. 

BLESSED  are  the  undefiled  in  the  way, 
who  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 
*b  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his  testi- 
monies, and  that  seek  him  with  the  whole 
heart. 

They  also  do  no  iniquity  ;  they  walk  in  his 
ways. 

*h  Thou  hast  commanded  ?is  to  keep  thy 
precepts  diligently. 

0  that  my  ways  were  directed  to  keep 
thy  statutes  ! 

*h  Then  shall  I  not  be  ashamed,  when  I 
have  respect  unto  all  thy  commandments. 

1  will  praise  thee  with  uprightness  of 
heart,  when  I  shall  have  learned  thy  right- 
eous judgments. 

*h  I  will  keep  thy  statutes  :  O  forsake 
me  not  utterly. 


§  92  TJie  Laiv  of  God.  151 

Wherewithal  shall  a  young  man  cleanse 
his  way  ?  By  taking  heed  thereto  accord- 
ing to  thy  word. 

*h  With  my  whole  heart  have  I  sought 
thee :  O  let  me  not  wander  from  thy  com- 
mandments. 

Thy  word  have  I  hid  in  my  heart,  that  I 
might  not  sin  against  thee. 

*h  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  :  teach  me 
thy  statutes. 

With  my  lips  have  I  declared  all  the 
judgments  of  thy  mouth. 

*h  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  way  of  thy  testi- 
monies, as  m?tch  as  in  all  riches. 

I  will  meditate  in  thy  precepts,  and  have 
respect  unto  thy  ways. 

*i*  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  statutes : 
I  will  not  forget  thy  word. 

Psalm  cxix.  1-16. 


j^inrt^^sccont)  ^election* 

T/iy  Testiniojiies  are  My  Delight. 

DEAL    bountifully    with    thy    servant, 
that  I  may  live,  and  keep  thy  word. 
*h  Open  thou  mine  eyes,  that  I  may  be- 
hold wondrous  things  out  of  thy  law. 


152  TJie  Laiv  of  God.  §  93 

I  am  a  stranger  in  the  earth  :  hide  not 
thy  commandments  from  me. 

•^  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  longing  tJiat 
it  hath  unto  thy  judgments  at  all  times. 

Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud  that  are 
cursed,  which  do  err  from  thy  command- 
ments. 

'^  Remove  from  me  reproach  and  con- 
tempt ;  for  I  have  kept  thy  testimonies. 

Princes  also  did  sit  and  speak  against 
me  :  but  thy  servant  did  meditate  in  thy 
statutes. 

"^  Thy  testimonies  also  are  my  delight 
and  my  counsellors. 

Psalm  cxix.  17-24. 


ilimct^=tl)irt)  ^election* 

The  Way  of  Truth. 

MY  soul  cleaveth  unto  the  dust :  quick- 
en thou  me  according  to  thy  word. 
•^  I  have  declared  my  ways,  and   thou 
heardest  me  :  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

Make  me  to  understand  the  way  of  thy 
precepts  :  so  shall  I  talk  of  thy  wondrous 
works. 


§  94  The  Laiv  of  God.  153 

Hh  My  soul  melteth  for  heaviness : 
strengthen  thou  me  according  unto  thy 
word. 

Remove  from  me  the  way  of  lying  :  and 
grant  me  thy  law  graciously. 

^  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  truth  :  thy 
judgments  have  I  laid  before  uie. 

I  have  stuck  unto  thy  testimonies :  O 
Lord,  put  me  not  to  shame. 

^  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  command- 
ments, when  thou  shalt  enlarge  my  heart. 

Psalm  cxix.  25-32. 


This  is  My  Comfort. 

REMEMBER  the  word  unto  thy  ser- 
vant, upon  which  thou  hast  caused 
me  to  hope. 

*i*  This  is  my  comfort  in  my  affliction  : 
for  thy  word  hath  quickened  me. 

The  proud  have  had  me  greatly  in  de- 
rision :  yet  have  I  not  declined  from  thy 
law. 

*i*  I  remembered  thy  judgments  of  old, 
O  Lord  ;  and  have  comforted  myself. 


154  The  Laiv  of  God.  §  94 

Horror  hath  taken  hold  upon  me  be- 
cause of  the  wicked  that  forsake  thy  law. 

"^  Thy  statutes  have  been  my  songs  in 
the  house  of  my  pilgrimage. 

I  have  remembered  thy  name,  O  Lord, 
in  the  night,  and  have  kept  thy  law. 

^  This  I  had,  because  I  kept  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

TJioii  art  my  portion,  O  Lord  :  I  have 
said  that  I  would  keep  thy  words. 

^  I  entreated  thy  favour  with  my  whole 
heart :  be  merciful  unto  me  according  to 
thy  word. 

I  thought  on  my  ways,  and  turned  my 
feet  unto  thy  testimonies. 

"^  I  made  haste,  and  delayed  not  to  keep 
thy  commandments. 

The  bands  of  the  wicked  have  robbed 
me  :  but  I  have  not  forgotten  thy  law. 

^  At  midnight  I  will  rise  to  give  thanks 
unto  thee,  because  of  thy  righteous  judg- 
ments. 

I  am  a  companion  of  all  them  that  fear 
thee,  and  of  them  that  keep  thy  precepts. 

►t"  The  earth,  O  Lord,  is  full  of  thy 
mercy :  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

Psalm  cxix.  49-64. 


§  95  ^^^^  Lazv  of  God.  155 


T 


S^iwtv^MtX)  ^election* 

Teach  1/1  c  Good  Judgment. 

HOU  hast  dealt  well  with  thy  servant, 
O  Lord,  according  unto  thy  word. 

^  Teach  me  good  judgment  and  knowl- 
edge :  for  I  have  believed  thy  command- 
ments. 

Before  I  was  afflicted  I  went  astray  :  but 
now  have  I  kept  thy  word. 

*h  Thou  art  good,  and  doest  good  ;  teach 
me  thy  statutes. 

The  proud  have  forged  a  lie  against  me  : 
but  I  will  keep  thy  precepts  with  viy  whole 
heart. 

^  Their  heart  is  as  fat  as  grease ;  but  I 
delight  in  thy  law. 

//  is  good  for  me  that  I  have  been  af- 
flicted ;   that  I  might  learn  thy  statutes. 

^  The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  better  unto 
me  than  thousands  of  gold  and  silver. 

Thy  hands  have  made  me  and  fashioned 
me :  give  me  understanding,  that  I  may 
learn  thy  commandments. 

*h  They  that  fear  thee  will  be  glad  when 
they  see  me ;  because  I  have  hoped  in  thy 
word. 


156  The  Lazv  of  God.  §  96 

I  know,  O  Lord,  that  thy  judgments  are 
right,  and  tJiat  thou  in  faithfulness  hast 
afflicted  me. 

Hh  Let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  merciful  kind- 
ness be  for  my  comfort,  according  to  thy 
word  unto  thy  servant. 

Let  thy  tender  mercies  come  unto  me, 
that  I  may  live  :  for  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

^  Let  the  proud  be  ashamed  ;  for  they 
dealt  perversely  with  me  without  a  cause : 
but  I  will  meditate  in  thy  precepts. 

Let  those  that  fear  thee  turn  unto  me, 
and  those  that  have  known  thy  testimonies. 

►f"  Let  my  heart  be  sound  in  thy  statutes  ; 
that  I  be  not  ashamed. 

Psalm  cxix.  65-80. 


TJiy  Word  is  Settled  in  Heaven. 

FOR  ever,  O  Lord,  thy  word  is  settled 
in  heaven. 
"^  Thy    faithfulness  is  unto  all   genera- 
tions :  thou  hast  established  the  earth,  and 
it  abideth. 

They    continue    this   day    according   to 


§  97  The  Laiv  of  God.  157 

thine  ordinances:  for  all  are  thy  ser- 
vants. 

^  Unless  thy  law  Jiad  been  my  delights, 
I  should  then  have  perished  in  mine  afflic- 
tion. 

I  will  never  forget  thy  precepts  :  for  with 
them  thou  hast  quickened  me. 

^  I  am  thine,  save  me ;  for  I  have 
sought  thy  precepts. 

The  wicked  have  waited  for  me  to  de- 
stroy me  :  but  I  will  consider  thy  testimo- 
nies. 

"^  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection  : 
but  thy  commandment  is  exceeding  broad. 

Psalm  cxix.  89-96. 

A  Light  unto  My  Path. 

OH  how  love  I  thy  law !  it  is  my  medi- 
tation all  the  day. 
^  Thou    through     thy    commandments 
hast  made  me  wiser  than  mine  enemies  : 
for  they  are  ever  with  me. 

I  have  more  understanding  than  all  my 
teachers  :  for  thy  testimonies  are  my  medi- 
tation. 


158  The  Law  of  God.  §  98 

"^  I  understand  more  than  the  ancients, 
because  I  keep  thy  precepts. 

I  have  refrained  my  feet  from  every  evil 
way,  that  I  might  keep  thy  word. 

^  I  have  not  departed  from  thy  judg- 
ments :  for  thou  hast  taught  me. 

How  sweet  are  thy  words  unto  my  taste  ! 
yea,  szveeter  than  honey  to  my  mouth. 

*h  Through  thy  precepts  I  get  understand- 
ing :  therefore  I  hate  every  false  way. 

Thy  word  is  a  lamp  unto  my  feet,  and  a 
light  unto  my  path. 

*b  I  have  sworn,  and  I  will  perform  it, 
that  I  will  keep  thy  righteous  judgments. 

Psalm  cxix,  97-106. 


D 


Order  my  Steps  in  Thy  Word. 
EAL  with  thy  servant  according  unto 


thy  mercy,  and  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

•^  I  am  thy  servant ;  give  me  understand- 
ing, that  I  may  know  thy  testimonies. 

//  is  time  for  tJiee,  Lord,  to  work :  for 
they  have  made  void  thy  law. 

^  Therefore  I  love  thy  commandments 
above  gold ;  yea,  above  fine  gold. 


§  99  T^^^  Lazv  of  God.  159 

Therefore  I  esteem  all  tJiy  precei^ts  con- 
ceniing  all  tilings  to  be  right ;  and  I  hate 
every  false  way. 

^  Thy  testimonies  are  wonderful :  there- 
fore doth  my  soul  keep  them. 

The  entrance  of  thy  words  giveth  light ; 
it  giveth  understanding  unto  the  simple. 

Hh  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  panted  :  for 
I  longed  for  thy  commandments. 

Look  thou  upon  me,  and  be  merciful 
unto  me,  as  thou  usest  to  do  unto  those 
that  love  thy  name. 

^  Order  my  steps  in  thy  word  :  and  let 
not  any  iniquity  have  dominion  over  me. 

Psalm  cxix.  124-133. 

^\\\zv^'A\\\\i\)  ^election. 

TJiy  Word  is  Very  Pure. 

RIGHTEOUS  art  thou,  O  Lord,  and 
upright  are  thy  judgments. 
Hh  Thy  testimonies  tJiat  thou  hast  com- 
manded are  righteous  and  very  faithful. 

My  zeal  hath  consumed  me,  because 
mine  enemies  have  forgotten  thy  words. 

^  Thy  word  is  very  pure  :  therefore  thy 
servant  loveth  it. 


i6o  The  Laiv  of  God.  §  lOO 

I  am  small  and  despised :  yet  do  not  I 
forget  thy  precepts. 

*b  Thy  righteousness  is  an  everlasting 
righteousness,  and  thy  law  is  the  truth. 

Trouble  and  anguish  have  taken  hold 
on  me :  yet  thy  commandments  are  my 
delights. 

^  The  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies 
is  everlasting :  give  me  understanding,  and 
I  shall  live. 

Psalm  cxix.  137-144, 


I 


(Due  l^untjreutlj  fe>clcctioiu 

Consider  Jiow  I  Love  Thy  Precepts. 

CRIED  with  jny  whole  heart ;  hear  me, 
O  Lord  :  I  will  keep  thy  statutes. 

*h  I  cried  unto  thee  :  save  me,  and  I  shall 
keep  thy  testimonies. 

I  prevented  the  dawning  of  the  morning, 
and  cried  :    I  hoped  in  thy  word. 

*h  Mine  eyes  prevent  the  ///^///-watches, 
that  I  might  meditate  in  thy  word. 

Hear  my  voice,  according  unto  thy  lov- 
ing-kindness :  O  Lord,  quicken  me  accord- 
ing to  thy  judgment. 


§  lOO  The  Lazv  of  God.  i6i 

*b  They  draw  nigh  that  follow  after  mis- 
chief :   they  are  far  from  thy  law. 

Thou  ai't  near,  O  Lord  ;  and  all  thy 
commandments  are  truth. 

*h  Concerning  thy  testimonies  I  have 
known  of  old  that  thou  hast  founded  them 
for  ever. 

Consider  mine  affliction,  and  deliver  me  : 
for  I  do  not  forget  thy  law. 

*b  Plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me : 
quicken  me  according  to  thy  word. 

Salvation  is  far  from  the  wicked  :  for 
they  seek  not  thy  statutes. 

*h  Great  are  thy  tender  mercies,  O  Lord  : 
quicken  me  according  to  thy  judgments. 

Many  are  my  persecutors  and  mine  ene- 
mies :  yet  do  I  not  decline  from  thy  testi- 
monies. 

*h  I  beheld  the  transgressors,  and  was 
grieved ;  because  they  kept  not  thy  word. 

Consider  how  I  love  thy  precepts  :  quick- 
en me,  O  Lord,  according  to  thy  loving- 
kindness. 

*h  Thy  word  is  trwQ  from  the  beginning  : 
and  every  one  of  thy  righteous  judgments 
endtiretJi  for  ever. 

Psalm  cxix.  145-160. 


1 62  TJie  Lazv  of  God.  §  loi 

(Due  J^uuDrcD  auD  J?irs?t  ^election* 

My  Heart  Standcth  in  Azvc. 

PRINCES  have  persecuted  me  without 
a  cause  :  but  my  heart  standeth  in  awe 
of  thy  word. 

^  I  rejoice  at  thy  word,  as  one  that  find- 
eth  great  spoil. 

I  hate  and  abhor  lying  :  but  thy  law  do 
I  love. 

*b  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise  thee 
because  of  thy  righteous  judgments. 

Great  peace  have  they  which  love  thy 
law  :  and  nothing  shall  offend  them. 

*b  Lord,  I  have  hoped  for  thy  salvation, 
and  done  thy  commandments. 

My  soul  hath  kept  thy  testimonies ;  and 
I  love  them  exceedingly. 

•^  I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and  thy 
testimonies:  for  all  my  ways  arc  before 
thee. 

Psalm  cxix.  161-168. 


§  102  TJie  Law  of  God.  163 

^Xit  l^untirttj  anrj  ^cconD  g)electton» 

Let  Thine  Hand  Help  Me. 

LET  my  cry  come  near  before  thee,  O 
Lord  :  give  me  miderstanding  ac- 
cording to  thy  word. 

^  Let  my  suppHcation  come  before  thee  : 
dehver  me  according  to  thy  word. 

My  Kps  shall  utter  praise,  when  thou 
hast  taught  me  thy  statutes. 

"^  My  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy  word  : 
for  all  thy  commandments  ai^e  righteous- 
ness. 

Let  thine  hand  help  me ;  for  I  have 
chosen  thy  precepts. 

►t"  I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation,  O 
Lord  ;   and  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise  thee  ; 
and  let  thy  judgments  help  me. 

•^  I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost  sheep ; 
seek  thy  servant;  for  I  do  not  forget  thy 
commandments. 

Psalm  cxix.  169-176, 


164  TJie  Law  of  God.  §  103 

#ne  J^unUreD  anD  t\)\x'^  ^election* 

Retur/i  juito  the  Lord. 

O  ISRAEL,  return  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God  ;  for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine 
iniquity. 

*{*■  Take  with  you  words,  and  turn  to  the 
Lord  : 

Say  unto  him.  Take  away  all  iniquity, 
and  receive  ils  graciously  :  so  will  we  ren- 
der the  calves  of  our  lips. 

^  Asshur  shall  not  save  us ;  we  will  not 
ride  upon  horses  : 

Neither  will  we  say  any  more  to  the 
work  of  our  hands,  Ye  are  our  gods  :  for  in 
thee  the  fatherless  findeth  mercy. 

*^  I  will  heal  their  backsliding,  I  will 
love  them  freely  :  for  mine  anger  is  turned 
away  from  him. 

I  will  be  as  the  dew  unto  Israel :  he  shall 
grow  as  the  lily,  and  cast  forth  his  roots  as 
Lebanon. 

"^  His  branches  shall  spread,  and  his 
beauty  shall  be  as  the  olive-tree,  and  his 
smell  as  Lebanon. 


§  103  The  Lazv  of  God.  165 

They  that  dwell  under  his  shadow  shall 
return ;  they  shall  revive  as  the  corn,  and 
grow  as  the  vine  : 

^  The  scent  thereof  shall  be  as  the  wine 
of  Lebanon. 

Ephraim  sJiall  say,  What  have  I  to  do 
any  more  with  idols  ? 

^  I  have  heard  ///;;/,  and  observed  him  : 
I  am  like  a  green  fir-tree.  From  me  is 
thy  fruit  found. 

Who  is  wise,  and  he  shall  understand 
these  things  ?  prudent,  and  he  shall  knov; 
them } 

*h  For  the  ways  of  the  Lord  a?-e  right, 
and  the  just  shall  walk  in  them  :  but  the 
transgressor  shall  fall  therein. 

Hosea  xiv.  1-9. 


XIII. 

PENITENCE   AND   PARDON. 

#ne  J^uutircD  anO  i?ourtl;  ^election* 

Cleanse  Me  from  Jl/j'  Sin. 
AVE  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  accord- 


H 


ing  to  thy  loving-kindness  :  according 
unto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies 
blot  out  my  transgressions. 

^  Wash  me  thoroughly  from  mine  in- 
iquity, and  cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

For  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions: 
and  my  sin  is  ever  before  me.  Against 
thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  done 
t/iis  evil  in  thy  sight : 

Hh  That  thou  mightest  be  justified  when 
thou  speakest,  and  be  clear  when  thou 
judgest. 

Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins,  and  blot 
out  all  mine  iniquities. 

*i*  Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God  ; 
and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  me. 

Cast    me    not    away    from    thy     pres- 


§  105         Penitence  and  Pardon.  167 

ence ;  and  take  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  from 
me. 

*h  Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  sal- 
vation ;  and  uphold  me  with  tJiy  free 
Spirit. 

Then  will  I  teach  transgressors  thy  ways; 
and  sinners  shall  be  converted  unto  thee. 

"^  Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  O 
God,  thou  God  of  my  salvation  :  and  my 
tongue  shall  sing  aloud  of  thy  righteous- 
ness. 

O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips,  and  my 
mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise. 

^  For  thou  desirest  not  sacrifice  ;  else 
would  I  give  it:  thou  delightest  not  in 
burnt-offering. 

The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken  spirit : 
a  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  O  God,  thou 
wilt  not  despise. 

Psalm  li.  1-4 ;  9-17. 

(Due  C^uuDrcD  and  fittX)  ^election* 

TJiere  is  Forgiveness  with  Thee. 
UT  of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto 


o 


thee,  O  Lord. 
^  Lord,  hear  my  voice  :   let  thine  ears 


1 68  Penitence  and  Pardon.  §  io6 

be  attentive  to  the  voice  of  my  suppli- 
cations. 

If  thou,  Lord,  shouldest  mark  iniquities, 
O  Lord,  who  shall  stand  ? 

^  But  tJiere  is  forgiveness  with  thee,  that 
thou  mayest  be  feared. 

I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  soul  doth  wait, 
and  in  his  word  do  I  hope. 

^  My  soul  ivaiteth  for  the  Lord  more 
than  they  that  watch  for  the  morning :  / 
say  more  than  they  that  watch  for  the 
morning. 

Let  Lsrael  hope  in  the  Lord  :  for  with 
the  Lord  t/iej-e  is  mercy,  and  with  him  is 
plenteous  redemption. 

►P  And  he  shall  redeem  Israel  from  all 
his  iniquities. 

Psalm  cxxx.  i-8. 


A  Prayer  for  the  Penitent. 
H  that  thou  wouldest  rend  the  heav- 


o 


ens,  that  thou  wouldest  come  down, 
*^  That  the  mountains  might  flow  down 
at  thy  presence. 

As  wJien  the  meltinir   fire  burneth,  the 


§  io6         Penitence  and  Pardon.  169 

fire  causeth  the  waters  to  boil,  to  make 
thy  name  known  to  thine  adversaries, 

•^  TJiat  the  nations  may  tremble  at  thy 
presence  ! 

When  thou  didst  terrible  things  zvhicJi 
we  looked  not  for,  thou  camest  down, 

'^  The  mountains  flowed  down  at  thy 
presence. 

For  since  the  beginning  of  the  world 
men  have  not  heard,  nor  perceived  by 
the  ear, 

'^  Neither  hath  the  eye  seen,  O  God, 
besides  thee,  zvJiat  he  hath  prepared  for 
him  that  waiteth  for  him. 

Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  and 
worketh  righteousness,  those  that  remem- 
ber thee  in  thy  ways : 

>^  Behold,  thou  art  wroth  ;  for  we  have 
sinned :  in  those  is  continuance,  and  we 
shall  be  saved. 

But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  tiling, 
and  all  our  righteousnesses  are  as  filthy 
rags; 

^  And  we  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf ;  and  our 
iniquities,  like  the  wind,  have  taken  us 
away. 

And  tJiere  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy 


I/O  Penitence  and  Pardon.         §  107 

name,  that  stirreth  up  himself  to  take  hold 
of  thee  : 

^  For  thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from  us, 
and  hast  consumed  us,  because  of  our 
iniquities. 

But  now,  O  Lord,  thou  art  our  Father; 
we  are  the  clay,  and  thou  our  potter  ;  and 
we  all  are  the  work  of  thy  hand. 

"^  Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  O  Lord, 
neither  remember  iniquity  for  ever :  be- 
hold, see,  we  beseech  thee,  we  are  all  thy 
people. 

Isaiah  Ixiv.  i-io. 


(0nr  UnmDiTD  anu  ^c^nttl)  g)rlcction» 

If  We  Confess  our  Sins. 

THIS  then  is  the  message  which  we 
have  heard  of  him,  and  declare  unto 
you,  that  God  is  light,  and  in  him  is  no 
darkness  at  all. 

"^  If  we  say  that  we  have  fellowship  with 
him,  and  walk  in  darkness,  we  lie,  and  do 
not  the  truth  : 

But  if  we  w^alk  in  the  light,  as  he  is  in 
the  light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  an- 


§  io8  Penitence  and  Pardon.  i/i 

other,  and  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his 
Son  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin. 

^  If  we  say  that  we  have  no  sin,  we 
deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is  not 
in  us. 

If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and 
just  to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse 
us  from  all  unrighteousness. 

I  John  i.  5-9. 


Pardon  mijie  Iniquity,  for  it  is  Great. 

« 

UNTO  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my 
soul. 

•^  O  my  God,  I  trust  in  thee  :  let  me  not 
be  ashamed,  let  not  mine  enemies  triumph 
over  me. 

Yea,  let  none  that  wait  on  thee  be 
ashamed :  let  them  be  ashamed  which 
transgress  without  cause. 

^  Shew  me  thy  ways,  O  Lord  ;  teach 
me  thy  paths. 

Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me  : 
for  thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation ;  on 
thee  do  I  wait  all  the  day. 


1/2  Penitence  and  Pardon.         §  io8 

^  Remember,  O  Lord,  thy  tender  mer- 
cies and  thy  loving-kindnesses ;  for  they 
Jiave  been  ever  of  old. 

Remember  not  the  sins  of  my  youth, 
nor  my  transgressions :  according  to  thy 
mercy  remember  thou  me  for  thy  good- 
ness' sake,  O  Lord. 

•!•  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord  :  there- 
fore will  he  teach  sinners  in  the  way. 

The  meek  will  he  guide  in  judgment: 
and  the  meek  will  he  teach  his  way. 

^  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are  mercy 
and  truth  unto  such  as  keep  his  covenant 
and  his  testimonies.  % 

For  thy  name's  sake,  O  Lord,  pardon 
mine  iniquity  ;  for  it  is  great. 

Hh  What  man  is  he  that  feareth  the 
Lord  }  him  shall  he  teach  in  the  way 
tJiat  he  shall  choose. 

His  soul  shall  dwell  at  ease ;  and  his 
seed  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

^  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  them 
that  fear  him ;  and  he  will  shew  them  his 
covenant. 

Psalm  XXV.  1-14. 


§  I09         Pefiitence  and  Pardon.  173 

Deliver  nie  from  niy  Transgressions. 

I  SAID,  I  will  take  heed  to  my  ways, 
that  I  sin  not  with  my  tongue  :  I  will 
keep  my  mouth  with  a  bridle,  while  the 
wicked  is  before  me. 

Hh  I  was  dumb  with  silence,  I  held  my 
peace,  even  from  good ;  and  my  sorrow 
was  stirred. 

My  heart  was  hot  within  me,  while  I 
was  musing  the  fire  burned  :  tJien  spake 
I  with  mys'tongue. 

^  Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end, 
and  the  measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is ; 
tJiat  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am. 

Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  an 
hand-breadth ;  and  mine  age  is  as  nothing 
before  thee  :  verily  every  man  at  his  best 
state  is  altogether  vanity. 

^  Surely  every  man  walketh  in  a  vain 
shew  :  surely  they  are  disquieted  in  vain  : 
he  heapeth  up  rie/ies,  and  knoweth  not 
who  shall  gather  them. 

And  now,  Lord,  what  wait  I  for,?  my 
hope  is  in  thee. 


174  Penitence  and  Pardon.         §  no 

^  Deliver  me  from  all  my  transgres- 
sions :  make  me  not  the  reproach  of  the 
foolish. 

I  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth  ; 
because  thou  didst  it. 

•^  Remove  thy  stroke  away  from  me : 
I  am  consumed  by  the  blow  of  thine 
hand. 

When  thou  with  rebukes  dost  correct 
man  for  iniquity,  thou  makest  his  beauty 
to  consume  away  like  a  moth  : 

*b  Surely  every  man  is  vanity. 

Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  give  ear 
unto  my  cry;  hold  not  thy  peace  at  my 
tears  :  for  I  am  a  stranger  with  thee,  and 
a  sojourner,  as  all  my  fathers  zvere. 

^  O  spare  me,  that  I  may  recover 
strength,  before  I  go  hence,  and  be  no 
more. 

Psahn  xxxix.  1-13. 

(Due  J^uniJreD  anu  ttwtX)  ^rlcctiotu 

Enter  not  into  Judgment. 
EAR  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  give  ear  to 


H 


my  supplications  :  in    thy  faithful- 
ness answer  me,  and  in  thy  righteousness. 


§110         Penitence  and  Pardon.  175 

*h  And  enter  not  into  judgment  with  thy 
servant :  for  in  thy  sight  shall  no  man  liv- 
ing be  justified. 

For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted  my 
soul ;  he  hath  smitten  my  life  down  to  .the 
ground  ;  he  hath  made  me  to  dwell  in  dark- 
ness, as  those  that  have  been  long  dead. 

*h  Therefore  is  my  spirit  overwhelmed 
within  me;  my  heart  within  me  is  desolate. 

I  remember  the  days  of  old ;  I  meditate 
on  all  thy  works ;  I  muse  on  the  work  of 
thy  hands. 

*b  I  stretch  forth  my  hands  unto  thee  : 
my  soul  tJiirstetJi  after  thee,  as  a  thirsty 
land. 

Hear  me  speedily,  O  Lord  :  my  spirit 
faileth  :  hide  not  thy  face  from  me,  lest  I  be 
like  unto  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

•^  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  loving-kindness 
in  the  morning ;  for  in  thee  do  I  trust : 
cause  me  to  know  the  way  wherein  I  should 
walk ;  for  I  lift  up  my  soul  unto  thee. 

Deliver  me,  O  Lord,  from  mine  ene- 
mies :  I  flee  unto  thee  to  hide  me. 

•^  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will ;  for  thou  art 
my  God :  thy  Spirit  is  good ;  lead  me  into 
the  land  of  uprightness. 


176  Penitence  and  Pardon.        §111 

Quicken  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  name's 
sake  :  for  thy  righteousness'  sake  bring 
my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

Psalm  cxliii.  i-ii. 


^\\t  l^untjrri)  antj  Clrbcntl^  ^election* 

/  Hope  in  Thy  Word. 
AM  afflicted  very  much  :   quicken  me, 


I 


O  Lord,  according  unto  thy  word. 

"^  Accept,  I  beseech  thee,  the  free-will 
offerings  of  my  mouth,  O  Lord,  and  teach 
me  thy  judgments. 

My  soul  is  continually  in  my  hand  :  yet 
do  I  not  forget  thy  kuv. 

^  The  wicked  have  laid  a  snare  for  me : 
yet  I  erred  not  from  thy  precepts. 

Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken  as  a  heri- 
tage for  ever :  for  they  are  the  rejoicing  of 
my  heart. 

"^  I  have  inclined  mine  heart  to  perform 
thy  statutes  always,  eveii  unto  the  end. 

I  hate  vain  thoughts :  but  thy  law  do  I 
love. 

*h  Thou  aj't  my  hiding  place  and  my 
shield  :  I  hope  in  thy  word. 


§  1 1 2         Penitence  and  Pardon.  i  jy 

Depart  from  me,  ye  evil  doers  :  for  I 
will  keep  the  commandments  of  my  God. 

^  Uphold  me  according  unto  thy  word, 
that  I  may  live  :  and  let  me  not  be  ashamed 
of  my  hope. 

Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be  safe  : 
and  I  will  have  respect  unto  thy  statutes 
continually. 

Psalm  cxix.  107-117. 


<^\\t  l^untirrD  ant)  ttorlftlj  Selection* 

ThoiL  /last  Coveird  all  their  Sin. 

LORD,  thou  hast  been  favorable  unto 
thy  land  :  thou  hast  brought  back 
the  captivity  of  Jacob. 

*i*  Thou  hast  forgiven  the  iniquity  of  thy 
people,  thou  hast  covered  all  their  sin. 

Thou  hast  taken  away  all  thy  wrath  : 
thou  hast  turned  thyself  from  the  fierceness 
of  thine  anger. 

•^  Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  and 
cause  thine  anger  toward  us  to  cease. 

Wilt  thou  be  angry  with  us  for  ever.? 
wilt  thou  draw  out  thine  anger  to  all  gener- 
ations .? 


1/8  Penitence  and  Pardon.         §  113 

•^  Wilt  thou  not  revive  us  again  :  that 
thy  people  may  rejoice  in  thee  ? 

Shew  us  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  and  grant 
us  thy  salvation. 

*b  I  will  hear  what  God  the  Lord  will 
speak :  for  he  will  speak  peace  unto  his 
people,  and  to  his  saints  :  but  let  them  not 
turn  again  to  folly. 

Surely  his  salvation  is  nigh  them  that 
fear  him  ;  that  glory  may  dwell  in  our  land. 

^  Mercy  and  truth  are  met  together; 
righteousness  and  peace  have  kissed  each 
other. 

Truth  shall  spring  out  of  the  earth ;  and 
righteousness  shall  look  down  from  heaven. 

^  Yea  the  Lord  shall  give  tJiat  wJiich  is 
good ;  and  our  land  shall  yield  her  increase. 

Righteousness  shall  go  before  him  ;  and 
shall  set  iis  in  the  way  of  his  steps. 

Psalm  Ixxxv.  1-13. 

The  Blessedness  of  Pardon. 

BLESSED  is  he  zvJiose  transgression  is 
forgiven,  zvhose  sin  is  covered. 
*h  Blessed    is   the  man  unto  whom  the 


§  1 1 3         Penitence  a?id  Pardon.  1 79 

Lord  imputeth  not  iniquity,  and  in  whose 
spirit  there  is  no  guile. 

When  I.  kept  silence,  my  bones  waxed 
old  through  my  roaring  all  the  day  long. 

*h  For  day  and  night  thy  hand  was  heavy 
upon  me  :  my  moisture  is  turned  into  the 
drought  of  summer. 

I  acknowledged  my  sin  unto  thee,  and 
mine  iniquity  have  I  not  hid.  I  said,  I 
will  confess  my  transgressions  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  thou  forgavest  the  iniquity  of 
my  sin. 

^  For  this  shall  every  one  that  is  godly 
pray  unto  thee  in  a  time  when  thou  mayest 
be  found :  surely  in  the  floods  of  great  waters 
they  shall  not  come  nigh  unto  him. 

Thou  aj't  my  hiding  place  ;  thou  shalt 
preserve  me  from  trouble  ;  thou  shalt  com- 
pass me  about  with  songs  of  deliverance. 

*h  1  will  instruct  thee  and  teach  thee  in 
the  way  which  thou  shalt  go :  I  will  guide 
thee  with  mine  eye. 

Be  ye  not  as  the  horse,  or  as  the  mule, 
zvJiicJi  have  no  understanding :  whose  mouth 
must  be  held  in  with  bit  and  bridle,  lest  they 
come  near  unto  thee. 

^  Many  sorrows  shall  be  to  the  wicked  : 


i8o  Penitence  and  Pardon.         §  114 

but  he  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  mercy 
shall  compass  him  about. 

Be  glad  in  the  Lord,  and  rejoice,  ye 
righteous  : 

^  And  shout  for  joy,  all  ye  that  are  up- 
right in  heart. 

Psalm  xxxii.  i-ii. 


^\\t  l^untireu  and  j?ourteentl)  §>ricction» 

The  Righteousness  of  God  ivhicJi  is  by  Faith. 
'OW  we  know  that  what  things  soever 


N' 


the  law  saith,  it  saith  to  them  who 
are  under  the  law  : 

►f*  That  every  mouth  may  be  stopped, 
and  all  the  world  may  become  guilty  before 
God. 

Therefore  by  the  deeds  of  the  law,  there 
shall  no  flesh  be  justified  in  his  sight:  for 
by  the  law  is  the  knowledge  of  sin. 

*b  But  now  the  righteousness  of  God 
without  the  law  is  manifested,  being  wit- 
nessed by  the  law  and  the  prophets ; 

Even  the  righteousness  of  God,  zvhieh  is 
by  faith  of  Jesus  Christ  unto  all,  and  upon 
all  them  that  believe  ;  for  there  is  no  differ- 
ence : 


§  114        Penitence  and  Pardon.  i8t 

*h  For  all  have  sinned,  and  come  short 
of  the  glory  of  God ; 

Being  justified  freely  by  his  grace, 
through  the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ 
Jesus : 

*h  Whom  God  hath  set  forth  to  be  a  pro- 
pitiation, through  faith  in  his  blood,  to  de- 
clare his  righteousness  for  the  remission  of 
sins  that  are  past,  through  the  forbearance 
of  God ; 

To  declare,  /  say,  at  this  time  his  right- 
eousness :  that  he  might  be  just,  and  the 
justifier  of  him  which  believeth  in  Jesus. 

Romans  iii.  19-26. 


XIV. 

THE  JOY  OF   RELIGION. 

^nt  l^unOrco  auD  jfifttmtl)  ^election* 

T/ie  Lord  is  my  ShepJicrd. 

THE  Lord  is  my  shepherd;  I  shall 
not  want. 

^  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green 
pastures :  he  leadeth  me  beside  the  still 
waters. 

He  restoreth  my  soul :  he  leadeth  me  in 
the  paths  of  righteousness  for  his  name's 
sake. 

^  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  val- 
ley of  the  shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no 
evil  : 

For  thou  art  with  me ;  thy  rod  and  thy 
staff  they  comfort  me. 

•^  Thou  preparest  a  table  before  me  in 
the  presence  of  mine  enemies  : 

Thou  anointest  my  head  with  oil ;  my 
cup  runneth  over. 


§ii6  The  Joy  of  Religion.  183 

^  Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  fol- 
low me  all  the  days  of  my  life :  and  I  will 
dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  forever. 

Psalm  xxiii.  i-6. 


Strong  Son  of  God,  Iniviortal  Love. 

WHAT  shall  we  then  say  to  these 
things  ?  If  God  be  for  us  who  ean 
be  against  us  ? 

^  He  that  spared  not  his  own  Son,  but 
delivered  him  up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not 
with  him  also  freely  give  us  all  things  ? 

Who  shall  lay  anything  to  the  charge 
of  God's  elect?  //  is  God  that  justifieth. 
Who  is  he  that  condemneth  ? 

*h  It  is  Christ  that  died,  yea  rather,  that 
is  risen  again,  who  is  even  at  the  right 
hand  of  God,  who  also  maketh  intercession 
for  us. 

Who  shall  separate  us  from  the  love 
of  Christ }  shall  tribulation,  or  distress,  or 
persecution,  or  famine,  or  nakedness,  or 
peril,  or  sword } 

*h  As  it  is  written,  For  thy  sake  we  are 


184  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §11/ 

killed  all  the  day  long ;  we  are  accounted 
as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

Nay,  in  all  these  things  we  are  more 
than  conquerors  through  him  that  loved 
us.  For  I  am  persuaded,  that  neither 
death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor  p'rinci- 
palities,  nor  powers,  nor  things  present, 
nor  things  to  come, 

^  Nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  other 
creature,  shall  be  able  to  separate  us  from 
the  love  of  God,  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord. 

Now  unto  him  that  is  able  to  do  exceed- 
ing abundantly  above  all  that  we  ask  or 
think,  according  to  the  power  that  worketh 
in  us, 

^  Unto  him  be  glory  in  the  church  by 
Christ  Jesus  throughout  all  ages,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 

Romans  viii.  31-39  ;  Ephesians  iii.  20-21. 

#ne  i^unDrcu  antj  g)rtjcntccntl)  g>election* 

Trials  and  Consolations. 

MANY  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me 
from    my    youth,   may   Israel   now 
say  : 


§11/  The  Joy  of  Religion.  185 

*h  Many  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me 
from  my  youth  :  yet  they  have  not  pre- 
vailed against  me. 

The  ploughers  ploughed  upon  my  back : 
they  made  long  their  furrows. 

*i*  The  Lord  is  righteous  :  he  hath  cut 
asunder  the  cords  of  the  wicked. 

Let  them  all  be  confounded  and  turned 
back  that  hate  Zion. 

*i*  Let  them  be  as  the  grass  ?ipoji  the 
housetops,  which  withereth  afore  it  grow- 
eth  up  : 

Wherewith  the  mower  filleth  not  his 
hand ;  nor  he  that  bindeth  sheaves  his 
bosom. 

*h  Neither  do  they  which  go  by  say, 
The  blessing  of  the  Lord  be  upon  you : 
we  bless  you  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

When  the  Lord  turned  again  the  cap- 
tivity of  Zion,  we  were  like  them  that 
dream. 

*h  Then  was  our  mouth  filled  with  laugh- 
ter, and  our  tongue  with  singing :  then  said 
they  among  the  heathen.  The  Lord  hath 
done  great  things  for  them. 

The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for 
us  ;  wJiereof  we  are  glad. 


1 86  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §  1 1 8 

^  Turn  again  our  captivity,  O  Lord,  as 
the  streams  in  the  south. 

They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in 
joy. 

^  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth, 
bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come 
again  rejoicing,  bringing  his  sheaves  ivitJi 
him. 

Psabn  cxxix.,  cxxvi. 


(Dae  l^unDreD  anu  (IBigljterntl)  g)election» 

Be  Mindful  of  His  Covenant. 

GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  call  upon 
his  name,  make  known  his  deeds 
among  the  people. 

^  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him, 
talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous  works. 

Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name  :  let  the  heart 
of  them  rejoice  that  seek  the  Lord. 

*b  Seek  the  Lord  and  his  strength,  seek 
his  face  continually. 

Remember  his  marvellous  works  that  he 
hath  done,  his  wonders,  and  the  judgments 
of  his  mouth  ; 

^  O  ye  seed  of  Israel  his  servant,  ye 
children  of  Jacob,  his  chosen  ones. 


§  119  The  Joy  of  Religion.  187 

He  is  the  Lord  our  God ;  his  judgments 
are  in  all  the  earth. 

^  Be  ye  mindful  always  of  his  covenant; 
the  word  whicJi  he  commanded  to  a  thou- 
sand generations. 

I  Chronicles  xvi.  8-15. 


(Dne  l^untirei)  anti  S^\\\tin\\i\^  ^election* 

Fear  not,  O  Land. 

FEAR  not,  O  land  ;  be  glad  and  rejoice  : 
^  For  the  Lord  will  do  great  things. 

Be  not  afraid,  ye  beasts  of  the  field  :  for 
the  pastures  of  the  wilderness  do  spring, 
for  the  tree  beareth  her  fruit,  the  fig-tree 
and  the  vine  do  yield  their  strength. 

^  Be  glad  then,  ye  children  of  Zion,  and 
rejoice  in  the  Lord  your  God  \ 

For  he  hath  given  you  the  former  rain 
moderately,  and  he  will  cause  to  come  down 
for  you  the  rain,  the  former  rain,  nnd  the 
latter  rain  in  the  first  month. 

Hh  And  the  floors  shall  be  full  of  wheat, 
and  the  fats  shall  overflow  with  wine  and 
oil. 

And  I  will  restore  to  you  the  years  that 
the    locust    hath   eaten,   the   canker-worm, 


I S8  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §  1 20 

and  the  caterpillar,  and  the  palmer-worm, 
my  great  army  which  I  sent  among  you. 

^  And  ye  shall  eat  in  plenty,  and  be 
satisfied,  and  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord 
your  God,  that  hath  dealt  wondrously 
with  you :  and  my  people  shall  never  be 
ashamed. 

And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in  the 
midst  of  Israel,  and  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  none  else  :  and  my  people 
shall  never  be  ashamed. 

Joel  ii.  21-27. 

<B\\t  i^unOreti  antj  2:tDentietl;  ^election* 

Therefore  My  Heart  is  Glad. 

PRESERVE  me,  O  God  :  for  in  thee 
do  I  put  my  trust. 

"^  O  my  sold,  thou  hast  said  unto  the 
Lord,  thou  art  my  Lord  : 

My  goodness  extendeth  not  to  thee ;  but 
to  the  saints  that  are  in  the  earth,  and  to 
the  excellent,  in  whom  is  all  my  delight. 

'^  Their  sorrows  shall  be  multiplied  tJiat 
hasten  after  another  god: 

Their  drink  offerings  of  blood  will  I  not 
offer,  nor  take  up  their  names  into  my  lips. 


§  120  The  Joy  of  Religion.  189 

^  The  Lord  is  the  portion  of  mine  in- 
heritance and  of  my  cup  :  thou  maintainest 
my  lot. 

The  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in  pleasant 
places  ;  yea,  I  have  a  goodly  heritage. 

^  I  will  bless  the  Lord,  who  hath  given 
me  counsel :  my  reins  also  instruct  me  in 
the  night  seasons. 

I  have  set  the  Lord  always  before  me  : 
because  he  is  at  my  right  hand,  I  shall  not 
be  moved. 

"^  Therefore  my  heart  is  glad,  and  my 
glory  rejoiceth  :  my  flesh  also  shall  rest  in 
hope. 

For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in  hell ; 
neither  wilt  thou  suffer  thine  Holy  One  to 
see  corruption. 

^  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of  life  : 
in  thy  presence  is  fullness  of  joy ;  at  thy 
right  hand  there  are  pleasures  for  ever- 
more. 

Psalm  xvi.  i-ii. 


I  go  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §  121 

O^ne  l^unuretj  anti  tJ^twv^Sx^i  ^election* 

A  Neiv  Navie. 

FOR  Zion's  sake  will  I  not  hold  my 
peace,  and  for  Jerusalem's  sake  I 
will  not  rest,  until  the  righteousness  there- 
of go  forth  as  brightness,  and  the  salvation 
thereof  as  a  lamp  tJiat  burneth. 

►J«  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  right- 
eousness, and  all  kings  thy  glory : 

And  thou  shalt  be  called  by  a  new  name, 
which  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  shall  name. 

*b  Thou  shalt  also  be  a  crown  of  glory  in 
the  hand  of  the  Lord,  and  a  royal  diadem 
in  the  hand  of  thy  God. 

Thou  shalt  no  more  be  termed  Forsaken  ; 
neither  shall  thy  land  any  more  be  termed 
Desolate  :  but  thou  shalt  be  called  Hephzi- 
bah,  and  thy  land  Beulah  :  for  the  Lord 
delighteth  in  thee,  and  thy  land  shall  be 
married. 

>b  Go  through,  go  through  the  gates ; 
prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  people ; 

Cast  up,  cast  up  the  highway ;  gather 
out  the  stones ;  lift  up  a  standard  for  the 
people. 


§  122  The  Joy  of  Religion.  191 

Hh  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  proclaimed 
unto  the  end  of  the  world,  Say  ye  to  the 
daughter  of  Zion,  Behold,  thy  salvation 
Cometh  ; 

Behold,  his  reward  is  with  him,  and  his 
work  before  him. 

"^  And  they  shall  call  them,  The  holy 
people,  The  redeemed  of  the  Lord  : 

And  thou  shalt  be  called.  Sought  out,  A 
city  not  forsaken.  isaiah\y:\\.  1-4;  10-12. 


#ne  J^untireti  anD  ^uienti^rscconti 
^rlcctioiu 

Rejoice  in  the  Lord. 

REJOICE  in  the  Lord  alway :  and 
again  I  say.  Rejoice. 

^  Let  your  moderation  be  known  unto 
all  men.     The  Lord  is  at  hand. 

Be  careful  for  nothing ;  but  in  every  thing 
by  prayer  and  supplication  with  thanks- 
giving let  your  requests  be  made  known 
unto  God. 

"^  And  the  peace  of  God  which  passeth 
all  understanding,  shall  keep  your  hearts 
and  minds  through  Christ  Jesus. 


192  The  Joy  of  Religio7i.  §  123 

Finally,  brethren,  whatsoever  things 
are  true,  whatsoever  things  ai'c  honest, 
whatsoever  things  arc  just,  w^hatsoever 
things  arc  pure,  whatsoever  things  are 
lovely,  whatsoever  things  arc  of  good  re- 
port; 

^  If  tJiere  be  any  virtue,  and  if  tJiere  be 
any  praise,  think  on  these  things. 

Philippians  iv.  4-8. 

The  Right  eons  shall  FlourisJi. 
T  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks  unto 


/ 


the  Lord,  and  to  sing  praises  unto 
thy  name,  O  Most  High : 

•^  To  shew  forth  thy  lovingkindness  in 
the  morning,  and  thy  faithfulness  every 
night. 

Upon  an  instrument  of  ten  strings,  and 
upon  the  psaltery ;  upon  the  harp  with  a 
solemn  sound. 

*b  For  thou.  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad 
through  thy  work :  I  will  triumph  in  the 
works  of  thy  hands. 

O  Lord,  how  great  are  thy  works !  and 
thy  thoughts  are  very  deep. 


§  124  The  Joy  of  Religion.  193 

^A  brutish  man  knoweth  not;  neither 
doth  a  fool  understand  this. 

When  the  wicked  spring  as  the  grass, 
and  when  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  do 
flourish ;  it  is  that  they  shall  be  destroyed 
for  ever  : 

^  But  thou,  Lord,  art  most  high  for 
evermore. 

The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the 
palm  tree  :  he  shall  grow  like  a  cedar  in 
Lebanon. 

^  Those  that  be  planted  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of 
our  God. 

They  shall  still  bring  forth  fruit  in  old 
age ;   they  shall  be  fat  and  flourishing  ; 

^  To  shew  that  the  Lord  is  upright :  he 
is  my  rock,  and  tJiere  is  no  unrighteousness 

m  him.  Psalm  xdi.  1-8  ;   12-15. 


^election* 


w 


We  Believe  and  therefore  Speak. 

E   having   the  same  spirit  of  faith, 
according  as  it  is  written,    I    be- 


194  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §  124 

lieved,  and  therefore  have  I  spoken ;  we 
also  believe,  and  therefore  speak ; 

^  Knowing  that  he  which  raised  up  the 
Lord  Jesus  shall  raise  up  us  also  by  Jesus, 
and  shall  present  us  with  you. 

For  all  things  are  for  your  sakes,  that  the 
abundant  grace  might  through  the  thanks- 
giving of  many  redound  to  the  glory  of  God. 

^  For  which  cause  we  faint  not ;  but 
though  our  outward  man  perish,  yet  the 
inward  man  is  renewed  day  by  day. 

For  our  light  affliction,  which  is  but  for 
a  moment,  worketh  for  us  a  far  more  ex- 
ceeding and  eternal  weight  of  glory  ;  while 
we  look  not  at  the  things  which  are  seen, 
but  at  the  things  which  are  not  seen  : 

"^  For  the  things  which  are  seen  are 
temporal ;  but  the  .things  which  are  not 
seen  are  eternal. 

Now  unto  him  that  is  able  to  keep  you 
from  falling,  and  to  present  yon  faultless 
before  the  presence  of  his  glory  with  ex- 
ceeding joy, 

*b  To  the  only  wise  God  our  Saviour,  be 
glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and  power, 
both  now  and  ever.     Amen. 

2  Cor'mthians  iv.  13-18  ;  Judc  24,  25. 


§  125  The  Joy  of  Religion.  195 

(Due  Unmtireti  anti  2:iDcnt^=fiftt)  ^election* 

Peace  zvith  God. 

THEREFORE  being  justified  by  faith, 
we  have  peace  with  God  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  : 

^  By  whom  also  we  have  access  by  faith 
into  this  grace  wherein  we  stand,  and  re- 
joice in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God. 

And  not  only  so,  but  we  glory  in  tribula- 
tions also  :  knowing  that  tribulation  work- 
eth  patience ; 

"^  And  patience,  experience  ;  and  experi- 
ence, hope : 

And  hope  maketh  not  ashamed  ;  because 
the  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts 
by  "the  Holy  Ghost  which  is  given  unto 
us. 

^  For  when  we  were  yet  without 
strength,  in  due  time  Christ  died  for  the 
ungodly. 

For  scarcely  for  a  righteous  man  will 
one  die  : 

*b  Yet  peradventure  for  a  good  man 
some  would  even  dare  to  die. 

But  God  commendeth  his  love  toward  us, 


196  The  Joy  of  Religion.  §  126 

in  that,  while  we  were  yet  sinners,  Christ 
died  for  us. 

*h  Much  more  then,  being  now  justified 
by  his  blood,  we  shall  be  saved  from  wrath 
through  him. 

For  if,  when  we  were  enemies,  we  were 
reconciled  to  God  by  the  death  of  his  Son ; 

^  Much. more,  being  reconciled,  we  shall 
be  saved  by  his  life. 

And  not  only  so,  but  we  also  joy  in  God 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  whom 
we  have  now  received  the  atonement. 

Romans  v.  i-ii. 


(Due  il;untirrt>  auD  2:iJDcntv'=6i]ftt)  g)elcction» 

Blessed  are  They  that  Dwell  iji  Thy  House. 

HOW  amiable  ai'e  thy  tabernacles,  O 
Lord  of  hosts ! 
^  My  soul    longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth 
for  the  courts  of  the  Lord  :  my  heart  and 
my  flesh  crieth  out  for  the  living  God. 

Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  an  house, 
and  the  swallow  a  nest  for  herself,  where 
she  may  lay  her  young,  even  thine  altars, 
O  Lord  of  hosts,  my  King,  and  my  God. 


§  126  The  Joy  of  Religion.  197 

*h  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy 
house :  they  will  be  still  praising  thee. 

Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  is  in 
thee  ;  in  whose  heart  are  the  ways  of  them. 

^  IV/io  passing  through  the  valley  of 
Baca  make  it  a  well ;  the  rain  also  filleth 
the  pools. 

They  go  from  strength  to  strength,  every 
one  of  tJiem  in  Zion  appeareth  before  God. 

^  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer : 
give  ear,  O  God  of  Jacob. 

Behold,  O  God  our  shield,  and  look  upon 
the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

^  For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than 
a  thousand.  I  had  rather  be  a  door-keeper 
in  the  house  of  my  God,  than  to  dwell  in 
the  tents  of  wickedness. 

For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield  : 
the  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory :  no 
good  tiling  vvdll  he  withhold  from  them  that 
walk  uprightly. 

*^  O  Lord  of  hosts,  blessed  is  the  man 
that  trusteth  in  thee. 

Psalm  Ixxxiv.  1-12. 


XV. 

TRUST   AND    CONFIDENCE. 

God  Our  Refuge. 

GOD  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very 
present  help  in  trouble. 

Hh  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  though 
the  earth  be  removed,  and  though  the 
mountains  be  carried  into  the  midst  of 
the  sea ; 

TJiougJi  the  waters  thereof  roar  and  be 
troubled,  though  the  mountains  shake  with 
the  swelling  thereof. 

*b  There  is  a  river,  the  streams  whereof 
shall  make  glad  the  city  of  God,  the  holy 
place  of  the  tabernacles  of  the  most 
High. 

God  is  in  the  midst  of  her;  she  shall  not 
be  moved  :  God  shall  help  her,  and  that 
right  early. 

^  The    heathen    raged,    the    kingdoms 


§   128  Trust  and  Cojifidence.  199 

were  moved  :  he  uttered  his  voice,  the 
earth  melted. 

The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us ;  the  God 
of  Jacob  is  our  refuge, 

^  Come,  behold  the  works  of  the  Lord, 
what  desolations  he  hath  made  in  the  earth. 

He  maketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end 
of  the  earth  ; 

^  He  breaketh  the  bow,  and  cutteth  the 
spear  in  sunder ;  he  burneth  the  chariot 
in  the  fire. 

Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God  :  I  will 
be  exalted  among  the  heathen,  I  will  be 
exalted  in  the  earth. 

^  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us  ;  the  God 
of  Jacob  is  our  refuge.  Psaim  xivi.  i-n. 


^clcctioiu 

As   the   Mountains  are  round  about 
Jerusalem. 

THEY  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be 
as  mount  Zion,  zvJiicJi  cannot  be  re- 
moved, but  abideth  for  ever. 

"^  As    the    mountains    are    round    about 


200  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  128 

Jerusalem,  so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his 
people  from  henceforth  even  for  ever. 

For  the  rod  of  the  wicked  shall  not 
rest  upon  the  lot  of  the  righteous ;  lest 
the  righteous  put  forth  their  hands  unto 
iniquity. 

^  Do  good,  O  Lord,  unto  tJiose  tJiat  be 
good,  and  to  tJicvi  that  are  upright  in  their 
hearts. 

As  for  such  as  turn  aside  unto  their 
crooked  ways,  the  Lord  shall  lead  them 
forth  with  the  workers  of  iniquity :  but 
peace  sJuill  be  upon  Israel. 

^  The  Lord  reigncth,  he  is  clothed  with 
majesty ; 

The  Lord  is  clothed  with  strength, 
zvherewitJi  he  hath  girded  himself :  the 
world  also  is  established,  that  it  cannot  be 
moved. 

^  Thy  throne  is  established  of  old :  thou 
art  from  everlasting. 

The  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  Lord,  the 
floods  have  lifted  up  their  voice  ;  the  floods 
lift  up  their  waves. 

*f"  The  Lord  on  high  is  mightier  than 
the  noise  of  many  waters,  yea^  than  the 
mighty  waves  of  the  sea. 


§  129  Ti'Hst  and  Confidence.  201 

Thy  testimonies  are  very  sure  :  holi- 
ness becometh  Ihine  house,  O  Lord,  for 
ever. 

Psalm  cxxv,  1-5;  xciii.  1-5, 


g)clcction* 

Be  Thou  My  Strong  Rock. 

IN  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust ;  let 
me  never  be  ashamed  :  deliver  me  in 
thy  righteousness. 

^  Bow  down  thine  ear  to  me  ;  deliver 
me  speedily  :  be  thou  my  strong  rock,  for 
an  house  of  defence  to  save  me. 

For  thou  art  my  rock  and  piy  fortress  ; 
therefore  for  thy  name's  sake  lead  me, 
and  guide  me. 

^  Pull  me  out  of  the  net  that  they 
have  laid  privily  for  me :  for  thou  art 
my  strength. 

Into  thine  hand  I  commit  my  spirit: 
thou  hast  redeemed  me,  O  Lord  God  of 
truth. 

^  I  have  hated  them  that  regard  lying 
vanities  :  but  I  trust  in  the  Lord. 


202  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  129 

I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy : 
for  thou  hast  considered  my  trouble ;  thou 
hast  known  my  soul  in  adversities  ; 

^  And  hast  not  shut  me  up  into  the 
hand  of  the  enemy :  thou  hast  set  my  feet 
in  a  large  room. 

Oh  how  great  is  thy  goodness,  which 
thou  hast  laid  up  for  them  that  fear  thee ; 
zvJiich  thou  hast  wrought  for  them  that 
trust  in  thee  before  the  sons  of  men ! 

►t"  Thou  shalt  hide  them  in  the  secret  of 
thy  presence  from  the  pride  of  man  :  thou 
shalt  keep  them  secretly  in  a  pavilion  from 
the  strife  of  tongues. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  :  for  he  hath  shewed 
me  his  marvellous  kindness  in  a  strong  city. 

^  For  I  said  in  my  haste,  I  am  cut  off 
from  before  thine  eyes  :  nevertheless  thou 
heardest  the  voice  of  my  supplications 
when  I  cried  unto  thee. 

O  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints :  foi' 
the  Lord  preserveth  the  faithful,  and  plen- 
tifully rewardeth  the  proud  doer. 

Hh  Be  of  good  courage,  and  he  shall 
strengthen  your  heart,  all  ye  that  hope 
in  the  Lord. 

Psalm  .\xxi.  i-3  ;   19-24. 


§  130  Trust  and  Confidence.  203 


O^ne  !^untiiTD  anU  tMixiitiX)  ^election* 

A  Shield  to  all  that  Trust  Thee. 

/J  S  for  God,  his  way  is  perfect :  the 
"^^      word  of  the  Lord  is  tried  : 

►^  He  is  a  buckler  to  all  those  that  trust 
in  him. 

For  who  is  God  save  the  Lord  ?  or  who 
is  a  rock  save  our  God  ? 

^I^  //  is  God  that  girdeth  me  with 
strength,  and  maketh  my  way  perfect. 

He  maketh  my  feet  like  hinds' /rr/,  and 
setteth  me  upon  my  high  places. 

^  He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  so  that 
a  bow  of  steel  is  broken  by  mine  arms. 

Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  shield  of 
thy  salvation :  and  thy  right  hand  hath 
holden  me  up,  and  thy  gentleness  hath 
made  me  great. 

^  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under 
me,  that  fny  feet  did  not  slip. 

The  Lord  liveth ;  and  blessed  be  my 
Rock ;  and  let  the  God  of  my  salvation  be 
exalted. 

Hh  It  is  God  that  avengeth  me,  and  sub- 
dueth  the  people  under  me. 


204  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  131 

He  delivereth  me  from  mine  enemies : 
yea,  thou  liftest  me  up  above  those  that 
rise  up  against  me :  thou  hast  delivered 
me  from  the  violent  man. 

"^  Therefore  will  I  give  thanks  unto 
thee,  O  Lord,  among  the  heathen,  and 
sing  praises  unto  thy  name. 

Great  deliverance  giveth  he  to  his  king ; 
and  sheweth  mercy  to  his  anointed,  to 
David,  and  to  his  seed  for  evermore. 

Psalm  xviii.  30-36,  46-50. 


Preserve  My  Soul. 

BOW  down  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  hear  me  : 
for  I  ajn  poor  and  needy.  Preserve 
my  soul ;  for  I  a?n  holy  : 

^  O  thou  my  God,  save  thy  servant  that 
trusteth  in  thee. 

Be  merciful  unto  me,  O  Lord  *  for  I  cry 
unto  thee  daily. 

^Rejoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant:  for 
unto  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my 
soul. 

For  thou,  Lord,  art  good,  and  ready  to 


§131  Trust  and  Confidence.  205 

forgive ;  and  plenteous  in  mercy  unto  all 
them  that  call  upon  thee. 

^  Give  ear,  O  Lord,  unto  my  prayer ; 
and  attend  to  the  voice  of  my  supplica- 
tions. 

In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  will  call  upon 
thee  :  for  thou  wilt  answer  me. 

*b  Among  the  gods  tJicre  is  none  like 
unto  thee,  O  Lord  ;  neither  are  tJiere  any 
works  like  unto  thy  works. 

All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made  shall 
come  and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord  ; 
and  shall  glorify  thy  name. 

•^  For  thou  art  great,  and  doest  won- 
drous things  :  thou  art  God  alone. 

Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord  ;  I  will  walk 
in  thy  truth  :  unite  my  heart  to  fear  thy 
name. 

"^  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  my  God, 
with  all  my  heart :  and  I  will  glorify  thy 
name  for  evermore. 

Psalm  Ixxxvi.  1-12. 


2o6  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  132 

^wt  J^uuDrcD  auD  2:i)iit^=sfecont)  ^election* 

TJie  Lord  is  on  Our  Side. 

UNTO  thee  lift  I  up  mine  eyes,  O  thou 
that  dwellest  in  the  heavens. 

"^  Behold,  as  the  eyes  of  servants  look 
unto  the  hand  of  their  masters,  and  as  the 
eyes  of  a  maiden  unto  the  hand  of  her 
mistress ; 

So  our  eyes  ivait  upon  the  Lord  our 
God,  until  that  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

^  Have  mercy  upon  us,  O  Lord,  have 
mercy  upon  us  :  for  we  are  exceedingly 
filled  with  contempt. 

Our  soul  is  exceedingly  filled  with  the 
scorning  of  those  that  are  at  ease,  and 
with  the  contempt  of  the  proud. 

*i*  If  it  had  not  becji  the  Lord  who  was 
on  our  side,  now  may  Israel  say ; 

If  //  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was 
on  our  side,  when  men  rose  up  against 
us  : 

*b  Then  they  had  swallowed  us  up  quick, 
when  their  wrath  was  kindled  against  us  : 

Then  the  waters  had  overwhelmed  us, 
the  stream  had  gone  over  our  soul : 


§  133  Trust  and  Confidence.  207 

^  Then  the  proud  waters  had  gone  over 
our  soul. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not  given 
us  as  a  prey  to  their  teeth. 

^  Our  soul  is  escaped  as  a  bird  out  of 
the  snare  of  the  fowlers:  the  snare  is 
broken,  and  we  are  escaped. 

Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
who  made  heaven  and  earth. 

Psalm  cxxiii.-cxxiv. 

(Dne  i^unDreH  anu  2:i)irti^=tt)iro  ^election* 

/  Waited  Patiently  for  the  Lord. 

I  WAITED  patiently  for  the  Lord  ;  and 
he  inclined  unto  me,  and  heard  my 
cry.  He  brought  me  up  also  out  of  an 
horrible  pit,  out  of  the  miry  clay,  and  set 
my  feet  upon  a  rock,  and  established  my 
goings. 

*b  And  he  hath  put  a  new  song  in  my 
mouth,  even  praise  unto  our  God  :  many 
shall  see  it,  and  fear,  and  shall  trust  in  the 
Lord. 

Blessed  is  that  man  that  maketh  the 
Lord  his  trust,  and  respecteth  not  the 
proud,  nor  such  as  turn  aside  to  lies. 


208  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  133 

^  Many,  O  Lord  my  God,  are  thy  won- 
derful works  which  thou  hast  done,  and 
thy  thoughts  ivhicJi  are  to  us-ward : 

They  cannot  be  reckoned  up  in  order 
unto  thee  :  if  I  would  declare  and  speak 
of  them,  they  are  more  than  can  be  num- 
bered. 

*h  Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  didst  not 
desire  ;  mine  ears  hast  thou  opened  :  burnt 
offering  and  sin  offering  hast  thou  not 
required. 

Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  come :  in  the  volume 
of  the  book  //  is  written  of  me, 

^  I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  O  my  God : 
yea  thy  law  is  within  my  heart. 

I  have  preached  righteousness  in  the 
great  congregation  :  lo,  I  have  not  refrained 
my  lips,  O  Lord,  thou  knowest. 

*i*  I  have  not  hid  thy  righteousness  within 
my  heart ;  I  have  declared  thy  faithfulness 
and  thy  salvation  : 

I  have  not  concealed  thy  loving-kindness 
and  thy  truth  from  the  great  congregation. 

*h  Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender  mercies 
from  me,  O  Lord  :  let  thy  loving-kindness 
and  thy  truth  continually  preserve  me. 

Psalm  xl.  i-ii. 


§  134  Trust  and  Confidence.  209 

^election* 

/  Jiave  Trusted  in  Thy  Mercy. 

HOW    long   wilt   thou    forget    me,    O 
Lord  ?    for   ever  ?     how  long   wilt 
thou  hide  thy  face  from  me  ? 

*b  How  long  shall  I  take  counsel  in  my 
soul,  having  sorrow  in  my  heart  daily  ? 
how  long  shall  mine  enemy  be  exalted 
over  me  ? 

Consider  and  hear  me,  O  Lord  my  God  : 
lighten  mine  eyes,  lest  I  sleejo  the  sleep  of 
death  ; 

^  Lest  mine  enemy  say,  I  have  prevailed 
against  him ;  and  those  that  trouble  me  re 
joice  when  I  am  moved. 

But  I  have  trusted  in  thy  mercy ;  my 
heart  shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

*b  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  because  Ik: 
hath  dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

The  Lord  hear  thee  in  the  day  of  trou- 
ble; the  name  of  the  God  of  Jacob  defend 
thee; 

^  Send  thee  help  from  the  sanctuary, 
and  strengthen  thee  out  of  Zion ; 


2IO  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  I35 

Remember  all  thy  offerings,  and  accept 
thy  burnt  sacrifice ; 

^  Grant  thee  according  to  thine  own 
heart,  and  fulfil  all  thy  counsel. 

We  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation,  and  in 
the  name  of  our  God  we  will  set  up  oilt 
banners :  the  Lord  fulfil  all  thy  peti- 
tions. 

^  Now  know  I  that  the  Lord  saveth  his 
anointed ;  he  will  hear  him  from  his  holy 
heaven  with  the  saving  strength  of  his 
right  hand. 

Some  trust  in  chariots,  and  some  in 
hbrses :  but  we  will  remember  the  name  of 
the  Lord  our  God. 

•^  They  are  brought  down  and  fallen  : 
but  we  are  risen,  and  stand  upright. 

Save,  Lord  :  let  the  king  hear  us  when 
we  call. 

Psahns  \\\\.  i-6 ;  xx,  1-9. 


Thou  Kneivest  My  Path. 
CRIED  unto  the  Lord  with  my  voice  ; 


I 


with   my  voice  unto  the    Lord  did   I 
make  my  supplication. 


§  136  Trust  and  Confidence.  2 1 1 

•^  I  poured  out  my  complaint  before 
him ;  I  shewed  before  him  my  trouble. 

When  my  spirit  was  overwhelmed  with- 
in me,  then  thou  knewest  my  path.  In  the 
way  wherein  I  walked  have  they  privily 
laid  a  snare  for  me. 

^  I  looked  on  my  right  hand,  and  be- 
held, but  tJicre  zvas  no  man  that  would  know 
me  :  refuge  failed  me ;  no  man  cared  for 
my  soul. 

I  cried  unto  thee,  O  Lord  :  I  said,  Thou 
art  my  refuge  and  my  portion  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

^  Attend  unto  my  cry  ;  for  I  am  brought 
very  low  :  deliver  me  from  my  persecutors  ; 
for  they  are  stronger  than  I. 

Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  that  I  may 
praise  thy  name  : 

^  The  righteous  shall  compass  me  about ; 
for  thou  shalt  deal  bountifully  with  me. 

Psalm  cxlii.  1-7. 

^\\t  l^unDrrt!  anu  ^ijirt^^^sij'tl)  ^election. 

/;/  His  Favour  is  L  ife. 

I  WILL  extol  thee,  O  Lord;  for  thou 
hast  lifted  me  up,  and  hast  not  made 
my  foes  to  rejoice  over  me. 


212  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  136 

^  O  Lord  my  God,  I  cried  unto  thee, 
and  thou  hast  healed  me. 

O  Lord,  thou  hast  brought  up  my  soul 
from  the  grave :  thou  hast  kept  me  alive, 
that  I  should  not  go  down  to  the  pit. 

*b  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  saints  of 
his,  and  give  thanks  at  the  remembrance 
of  his  holiness.' 

For  his  anger  cndiireth  but  a  moment ; 
in  his  favour  is  life  : 

*b  Weeping  may  endure  for  a  night,  but 
joy  comet Ji  in  the  morning. 

And  in  my  prosperity  I  said,  I  shall 
never  be  moved. 

"^  Lord,  by  thy  favour  thou  hast  made 
my  mountain  to  stand  strong : 

Thou  didst  hide  thy  face,  and  I  was 
troubled. 

►t«  I  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord  ;  and  unto  the 
Lord  I  made  supplication. 

What  profit  is  their  in  my  blood,  when  I 
go  down  to  the  pit }  Shall  the  dust  praise 
thee  "i  shall  it  declare  thy  truth  } 

*i*  Hear,  O  Lord,  and  have  mercy  upon 
me :  Lord,  be  thou  my  helper. 

Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my  mourning 
into  dancing  :  thou  hast  put  off  my  sack- 


§  137  Trust  and  Confidence.  213 

cloth,  and  girded  me  with  gladness ;  to  the 
end  that  my  glory  may  sing  praise  to  thee, 
and  not  be  silent. 

^O  Lord  my  God,  I  will  give  thanks 
unto  thee  for  ever.  p.aUn  xxx.  1-12. 


Thou  Makest  Me  Dwell  in  Safety. 

HEAR  me  when  I  call,  O  God  of  my 
righteousness :  thou  hast  enlarged 
me  ivJicn  I  was  in  distress ;  have  mercy 
upon  me,  and  hear  my  prayer. 

Hh  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  long  will  ye 
turn  my  glory  into  shame  }  Jioiv  long  will 
ye  love  vanity,  and  seek  after  leasing  } 

But  know  that  the  Lord  hath  set  apart 
him  that  is  godly  for  himself:  the  Lord 
will  hear  when  I  call  unto  him. 

^  Stand  in  awe,  and  sin  not  :  commune 
with  your  own  heart  upon  your  bed,  and 
be  still. 

Offer  the  sacrifices  of  righteousness,  and 
put  your  trust  in  the  Lord. 

^  There  be  many  that  say.  Who  will  shew 


214  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  138 

us  any  good  ?  Lord,  lift  thou  up  the  Hght 
of  thy  countenance  upon  us. 

Thou  hast  put  gladness  m  my  heart, 
more  than  m  the  time  tJiat  their  corn  and 
their  wine  increased. 

^  I  will  both  lay  me  down  in  peace,  and 
sleep :  for  thou.  Lord,  only  makest  me 
dwell  in  safety. 

Psalm  iv.  i-8- 

^election* 

Under  the  SJiadow  of  the  Almighty. 

HE  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of 
the  most  High  shall  abide  under 
the  shadow  of  the  Almighty. 

*h  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my 
refuge  and  my  fortress :  my  God ;  in  him 
will  I  trust. 

Surely  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the 
snare  of  the  fowler,  a?id  from  the  noisome 
pestilence. 

*h  He  shall  cover  thee  with  his  feathers, 
and  under  his  wings  shalt  thou  trust:  his 
truth  shall  be  thy  shield  and  buckler.   ' 

Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror 


§  138  Trust  and  Confidence,  215 

by  night ;  nor  for  the  arrow  that  flieth  by 
day; 

^  Nor  for  the  pestilence  tJiat  walketh  in 
darkness;  nor  for  the  destruction  that 
wasteth  at  noonday. 

A  thousand  shall  fall  at  thy  side,  and 
ten  thousand  at  thy  right  hand  ;  but  it  shall 
not  come  nigh  thee. 

^  Only  with  thine  eyes  shalt  thou  behold 
and  see  the  reward  of  the  wicked. 

Because  thou  hast  made  the  Lord  ivhich 
is  my  refuge,  even  the  most  High,  thy 
habitation  ; 

^  There  shall  no  evil  befall  thee,  neither 
shall  any  plague  come  nigh  thy  dwelling. 

For  he  shall  give  his  angels  charge  over 
thee,  to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

^  They  shall  bear  thee  up  in  their  hands, 
lest  thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

Thou  shalt  tread  upon  the  lion  and 
adder :  the  young  lion  and  the  dragon 
shalt  thou  trample  under  feet. 

*^  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon  me, 
therefore  will  I  deliver  him :  I  will  set 
him  on  high,  because  he  hath  known  my 
name. 

He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  I  will  answer 


2l6  Ti'iLSt  and  Confidence.  §  139 

him  ;   I  ivill  be  with  him  in  trouble  ,  I  will 
deliver  him,  and  honour  him. 

>h  With  long  life  will  I  satisfy  him,  and 
shew  him  my  salvation. 

Psalm  xci.  1-16. 


g)flcction* 

The  Rock  that  is  Higher  than  I. 

HEAR  my  cry,  O  God ;  attend  unto 
my  prayer. 

•^  From  the  end  of  the  earth  will  I  cry 
unto  thee,  when  my  heart  is  overwhelmed : 
lead  me  to  the  rock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

For  thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for  me, 
and  a  strong  tower  from  the  enemy. 

*h  I  will  abide  in  thy  tabernacle  for  ever: 
I  will  trust  in  the  covert  of  thy  wings. 

For  thou,  O  God,  hast  heard  my  vows : 
thou  hast  given  me  the  heritage  of  those 
that  fear  thy  name. 

*i*  Thou  wilt  prolong  the  king's  life  :  and 
his  years  as  many  generations. 

He  shall  abide  before  God  for  ever :  O 
prepare  mercy  and  truth,  zuhich  may  pre- 
serve him. 


§  140  Trust  and  Confidence.  217 

*b  So  will  I  sing  praise  unto  thy  name 
for  ever,  that  I  may  daily  perform  my 
vows. 

Psalm  Ixi.  i-8. 


^wt  l^untirctJ  anu  ifortictl)  Selection* 

/  shall  not  be  Moved. 

TRULY  my  soul  waiteth  upon  God: 
from  him  cometh  my  salvation. 

^  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation ;  Jie 
/>  my  defence ;  I  shall  not  be  greatly  moved. 

How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief 
against  a  man.?  ye  shall  be  slain  all  of 
you :  as  a  bowing  wall  shall  ye  be,  and 
as  a  tottering  fence. 

^  They  only  consult  to  cast  Jiim  down 
from  his  excellency  :  they  delight  in  lies  : 
they  bless  with  their  mouth,  but  they 
curse  inwardly. 

My  soul,  wait  thou  only  upon  God ;  for 
my  expectation  is  from  him. 

•^  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation  : 
he  is  my  defence  ;  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my  glory  : 
the  rock  of  my  strength,  and  my  refuge,  is 
in  God. 


2i8  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  141 

*b  Trust  in  him  at  all  times ;  ye  people, 
pour  out  your  heart  before  him  :  God  is  a 
refuge  for  us. 

Surely  men  of  low  degree  are  vanity, 
and  men  of  high  degree  are  a  lie  :  to  be 
laid  in  the  balance,  they  are  altogether 
ligJiter  than  vanity. 

•^  Trust  not  in  oppression,  and  become 
not  vain  in  robbery  :  if  riches  increase,  set 
not  your  heart  upon  them. 

God  hath  spoken  once :  twice  have  I 
heard  this ;  that  power  belongeth  unto  God. 

^  Also  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  belongeth 
mercy  :  for  thou  renderest  to  every  man 
according  to  his  work. 

Psalm  Ixii.  1-12. 


(Due  l^unDret)  ani3  jfoit^=fir0t  g)eleftion* 

The  Lord  is  Thy  Keeper. 
WILL  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills, 


I 


from  whence  cometh  my  help. 

>b  My  help  conicth  from  the  Lord,  which 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved : 
he  that  keepeth  thee  will  not  slumber. 


§  142  Tnist  and  Confidence.  219 

^  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper :  the  Lord 
is  thy  shade  upon  thy  right  hand. 

The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day, 
nor  the  moon  by  night. 

•^  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from 
all  evil :  he  shall  preserve  thy  soul. 

The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out 
and  thy  coming  in  from  this  time  forth, 
and  even  for  evermore. 

Psalm  cxxi.  i-8. 


(Due  l^untirrD  anJ)  Jforti^^seconu 
^rlcction* 

Is  not  God  in  the  Height  of  Heaven  ? 

IS  not  God  in  the  height  of  heaven .?  and 
behold  the  height  of  the  stars,  how 
high  they  are  ! 

*b  And  thou  sayest.  How  doth  God 
know }  can  he  judge  through  the  dark 
cloud  1 

Thick  clouds  aj'e  a  covering  to  him,  that 
he  seeth  not ;  and  he  walketh  in  the  circuit 
of  heaven. 

*h  Hast  thou  marked  the  old  way  which 
wicked  men  have  trodden  "i 


220  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  142 

Which  were  cut  down  out  of  time,  whose 
foundation  was  overflown  with  a  flood  : 

^  Which  said  unto  God,  Depart  from  us  : 
and  what  can  the  Almighty  do  for  them  ? 

Yet  he  filled  their  houses  with  good 
tilings:  but  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  is 
far  from  me. 

^  The  righteous  see  it,  and  are  glad  : 
and  the  innocent  laugh  them  to  scorn. 

Whereas  our  substance  is  not  cut  down, 
but  the  remnant  of  them  the  fire  consumeth. 

^  Acquaint  now  thyself  with  him,  and 
be  at  peace :  thereby  good  shall  come  unto 
thee. 

Receive,  I  pray  thee,  the  law  from  his 
mouth,  and  lay  up  his  words  in  thine 
heart. 

^  If  thou  return  to  the  Almighty,  thou 
shalt  be  built  up,  thou  shalt  put  away 
iniquity  far  from  thy  tabernacles. 

Then  shalt  thou  lay  up  gold  as  dust,  and 
the  gold  of  Ophir  as  the  stones  of  the 
brooks. 

^  Yea,  the  Almighty  shall  be  thy  de- 
fence, and  thou  shalt  have  plenty  of 
silver. 

For  then  shalt  thou  have  thy  delight  in 


§  143  Trust  and  Confidence.  221 

the  Almighty,  and  shalt  Uft  up  thy  face 
unto  God. 

^  Thou  shalt  make  thy  prayer  unto  him, 
and  he  shall  hear  thee,  and  thou  shalt  pay 
thy  vows. 

Thou  shalt  also  decree  a  thing,  and  it 
shall  be  established  unto  thee :  and  the 
light  shall  shine  upon  thy  ways. 

"^  When  men  are  cast  down,  then  thou 
shalt  say,  TJiere  is  lifting  up  ;  and  he  shall 
save  the  humble  person. 

He  shall  deliver  the  island  of  the  inno- 
cent :  and  it  is  delivered  by  the  pureness 
of  thine  hands. 

Job  xxii.  12-30. 


He  BeJwldeth  all  the  Sous  of  Men. 

THE   Lord   looketh  from  heaven;  he 
beholdeth  all  the  sons  of  men. 
^  From  the  place  of   his  habitation  he 
looketh  upon    all   the    inhabitants    of   the 
earth. 

He    fashioneth    their    hearts    alike ;     he 
considereth  all  their  works. 


222  TiiLst  and  Confidence.  §  144 

'^  There  is  no  king  saved  by  the  multi- 
tude of  an  host :  a  mighty  man  is  not 
dehvered  by  much  strength. 

An  horse  is  a  vain  thing  for  safety  : 
neither  shall  he  deliver  any  by  his  great 
strength. 

*b  Behold,  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
them  that  fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope 
in  his  mercy ; 

To  deliver  their  soul  from  death,  and  to 
keep  them  alive  in  famine. 

^  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord  :  he  is 
our  help  and  our  shield. 

For  our  heart  shall  rejoice  in  him,  be- 
cause we  have  trusted  in  his  holy  name. 

^  Let  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  be  upon  us, 
according  as  we  hope  in  thee. 

Psalm  xxxiii.  13-22. 


#ne  J^tintjrrli  anu  i?ort^- fotirtl)  g>clcction* 

A  Prayer  in  Trouble. 
EAR  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  let  my 


H 


cry  come  unto  thee. 
^  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in  the  day 
zvhen  I  am    in    trouble ;  incline  thine  ear 


§  144  Tnist  and  Confidcjtce.  223 

unto  me  :  in  the  day  zvhcn  I  call,  answer 
me  speedily. 

When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zion,  he 
shall  appear  in  his  glory. 

*b  He  will  regard  the  prayer  of  the  desti- 
tute, and  not  despise  their  prayer. 

This  shall  be  written  for  the  generation 
to  come :  and  the  people  which  shall  be 
created  shall  praise  the  Lord. 

^  For  he  hath  looked  down  from  the 
height  of  his  sanctuary ;  from  heaven  did 
the  Lord  behold  the  earth ; 

To  hear  the  groaning  of  the  prisoner ; 
to  loose  those  that  are  appointed  to  death ; 

^  To  declare  the  name  of  the  Lord  in 
Zion,  and  his  praise  in  Jerusalem ; 

When  the  people  are  gathered  together, 
and  the  kingdoms,  to  serve  the  Lord. 

*b  He  weakened  my  strength  in  the  way ; 
he  shortened  my  days. 

I  said,  O  my  God,  take  me  not  away  in 
the  midst  of  my  days :  thy  years  are 
throughout  all  generations. 

*^  Of  old  hast  thou  laid  the  foundation 
of  the  earth  :  and  the  heavens  arc  the  work 
of  thy  hands. 

They  shall  perish,  but  thou  shalt  endure  : 


224  Trust  and  Co7ifidence.  §  145 

yea,  all  of  them  shall  wax  old  like  a  gar- 
ment; as  a  vestm*e  shalt  thou  change  them, 
and  they  shall  be  changed  : 

•^  But  thou  art  the  same,  and  thy  years 
shall  have  no  end. 

The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  con- 
tinue, and  their  seed  shall  be  established 
before  thee. 

Psalm  cii.  1-2,  16-28. 


My  Fortress  and  My  Deliverer. 
WILL  love  thee,  O  Lord,  my  strength. 


I 


^  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my  for- 
tress, and  my  deliverer;  my  God,  my 
strength,  in  whom  I  will  trust ; 

My  buckler,  and  the  horn  of  my  salva- 
tion, and  my  high  tower. 

►P  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord,  zvJio  is 
zvortJiy  to  be  praised :  so  shall  I  be  saved 
from  mine  enemies. 

The  Lord  rewarded  me  according  to 
my  righteousness ;  according  to  the  clean- 
ness of  my  hands  hath  he  recompensed 
me. 


§  145  Trust  and  Confidence.  225 

*b  For  I  have  kept  theHvays  of  the  Lord, 
and  have  not  wickedly  dq^arted  from  my 
God. 

For  all  his  judgments  zvcre  before  me, 
and  I  did  not  put  away  his  statutes  from 
me. 

•^  I  was  also  upright  before  him,  and  I 
kept  myself  from  mine  iniquity. 

Therefore  hath  the  Lord  recompensed 
me  according  to  my  righteousness,  accord- 
ing to  the  cleanness  of  my  hands  in  his 
eyesight. 

^  With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thy- 
self merciful ;  with  an  upright  man  thou 
wilt  shew  thyself  upright ; 

With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
pure  ;  and  with  the  froward  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  froward. 

^  For  thou  wilt  save  the  afflicted  people  ; 
but  wilt  bring  down  high  looks. 

For  thou  wilt  light  my  candle  :  the  Lord 
my  God  will  enlighten  my  darkness. 

Psalm  xviii.  1-3,  20-28. 


226  Trust  and  Confidence.  §  146 


(Dne  l^untireD  auD  i?ort^=0trtl)  ^election* 

Happy  is  that  People  Whose  God  is  the 
Lord. 

BLESSED  be  the  Lord  my  strength, 
which  teacheth  my  hands  to  war, 
and  my  fingers  to  fight : 

^  My  goodness,  and  my  fortress ;  my 
high  tower,  and  my  deHverer ;  my  shield, 
and  lie  in  whom  I  trust ;  who  subdueth  my 
people  under  me. 

Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  takest 
knowledge  of  him  !  or  the  son  of  man,  that 
thou  makest  account  of  him  ! 

•i^  Man  is  like  to  vanity  :  his  days  are  as 
a  shadow  that  passeth  away. 

Bow  thy  heavens,  O  Lord,  and  come 
down  :  touch  the  mountains,  and  they  shall 
smoke. 

*b  Cast  forth  lightning,  and  scatter 
them  :  shoot  out  thine  arrows,  and  destroy 
them. 

Send  thine  hand  from  above ;  rid  me, 
and  deliver  me  out  of  great  waters,  from 
the  hand  of  strange  children  ; 

^  Whose   mouth    speaketh  vanity,   and 


§  146  Trust  and  Confidence.  22 J 

their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand  of  false- 
hood. 

I  will  sing  a  new  song  unto  thee,  O  God  : 
upon  a  psaltery  and  an  instrument  of  ten 
strings  will  I  sing  praises  unto  thee. 

^  //  is  Jie  that  giveth  salvation  unto 
kings:  who  delivereth  David  his  servant 
from  the  hurtful  sword. 

Rid  me,  and  deliver  me  from  the  hand 
of  strange  children,  whose  mouth  speaketh 
vanity,  and  their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand 
of  falsehood : 

>b  That  our  sons  may  be  as  plants  grown 
up  in  their  youth  ;  tJiat  our  daughters  may 
be  as  corner  stones,  polished  after  the 
similitude  of  a  palace  : 

TJiat  our  garners  may  be  full,  affording 
all  manner  of  store ;  tJiat  our  sheep  may 
bring  forth  thousands  and  ten  thousands 
in  our  streets : 

^  That  our  oxen  may  be  strong  to  labour  ; 
that  there  be  no  breaking  in,  nor  going  out ; 
that  there  be  no  complaining  in  our  streets. 

Happy  is  that  people,  that  is  in  such  a 
case :  yea,  happy  is  that  people,  whose 
God  is  the  Lord. 

Psalm  cxliv.  1-15. 


XVI. 
COURAGE   AND  HOPE. 


#ne  J^unUteJ)  anu  ifort^^s^rbentti  ^election* 

The  Armour  of  God. 

F^INALLY,  my  brethren,  be  strong  in 
the  Lord,  and  in  the  power  of  his 
might. 

^  Put  on  the  whole  armour  of  God,  that 
ye  may  be  able  to  stand  against  the  wiles 
of  the  devil. 

For  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh  and 
blood,  but  against  principalities,  against 
powers,  against  the  rulers  of  the  darkness 
of  this  world,  against  spiritual  wickedness 
in  high  places. 

^  Wherefore  take  unto  you  the  whole  ar- 
mour of  God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to  with- 
stand in  the  evil  day,  and  having  done  all, 
to  stand. 

Stand  therefore,  having  your  loins  girt 
about  with  truth,  and  having  on  the  breast- 
plate of  righteousness ; 


§  148  Courage  mid  Hope.  229 

*h  And  your  feet  shod  with  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  gospel  of  peace ; 

Above  all,  taking  the  shield  of  faith, 
wherewith  ye  shall  be  able  to  quench  all 
the  fiery  darts  of  the  wicked. 

^  And  take  the  helmet  of  salvation,  and 
the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  which  is  the  word 
of  God : 

Praying  always  with  all  prayer  and  sup- 
plication in  the  Spirit,  and  watching  there- 
unto with  all  perseverance  and  supplication 
for  all  saints. 

Epkesians  vi.  10-18. 


Be  of  Good  Courage. 
'HE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salva- 


T' 


tion  ;  whom  shall  I  fear  ? 

•^  The  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my  life ; 
of  whom  shall  I  be  afraid  ? 

When  the  wicked,  even  mine  enemies 
and  my  foes,  came  upon  me  to  eat  up  my 
flesh,  they  stumbled  and  fell. 

^  Though  an  host  should  encamp  against 
me,  my  heart  shall  not  fear:  though  war 


230  Courage  and  Hope.  §  148 

should  rise  asrainst  me,  in  this  will  I  be 
confident. 

One  tJdng  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord, 
that  will  I  seek  after ;  that  I  may  dwell  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of  my 
life,  to  behold  the  beauty  of  the  Lord,  and 
to  enquire  in  his  temple. 

^  For  in-  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall 
hide  me  in  his  pavilion  :  in  the  secret  of 
his  tabernacle  shall  he  hide  me ;  he  shall 
set  me  up  upon  a  rock. 

And  now  shall  mine  head  be  lifted  up 
above  mine  enemies  round  about  me :  there- 
fore will  I  offer  in  his  tabernacle  sacrifices 
of  joy; 

*b  I  will  sing,  yea,  I  will  sing  praises 
unto  the  Lord. 

Hear,  O  Lord,  ivhen  I  cry  with  my 
voice :  have  mercy  also  upon  me,  and 
answer  me. 

^  When  thou  saidst,  Seek  ye  my  face; 
my  heart  said  unto  thee,  Thy  face,  Lord, 
will  I  seek. 

Hide  not  thy  face  /^?r  from  me  ;  put  not 
thy  servant  away  in  anger  :  thou  hast  been 
my  help ;  leave  m.e  not,  neither  forsake 
me,  O  God  of  my  salvation. 


§  149  Courage  and  Hope.  231 

^  When  my  father  and  my  mother  for- 
£.ike  me,  then  the  Lord  will  take  me  up. 

Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord,  and  lead 
me  in  a  plain  path,  because  of  mine 
enemies. 

•^  Deliver  me  not  over  unto  the  will  of 
mine  enemies  :  for  false  witnesses  are  risen 
up  against  me,  and  such  as  breathe  out 
cruelty. 

/  had  fainted,  unless  I  had  believed  to 
see  the  goodness  of  the  Lord  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

•^  Wait  on  the  Lord  :  be  of  good  courage, 
and  he  shall  strengthen  thine  heart:  wait, 
I  say,  on  the  Lord. 

Psalm  xxvii.  1-14, 


Hope  in  God. 

JUDGE  me,  O  God,  and  plead  my  cause 
against  an  ungodly  nation  : 
^  O  deliver  me  from  the  deceitful  and 
unjust  man. 

For  thou  art  the  God  of  my  strength  : 
why   dost   thou    cast    me    off.''    why   go    I 


232  Coiu'age  and  Hope.  §  149 


mourning  because  of  the  oppression  of 
the  enemy  ? 

*b  O  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth  : 
let  them  lead  me ;  let  them  bring  me  unto 
thy  holy  hill,  and  to  thy  tabernacles. 

Then  will  I  go  unto  the  altar  of  God, 
unto  God  my  exceeding  joy  : 

^  Yea,  upon  the  harp  will  I  praise  thee, 
O  God  my  God. 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul .'' 
and  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me.'' 
hope  in  God  : 

*b  For  I  shall  yet  praise  him  wJio  is  the 
health  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God. 

Lord,  my  heart  is  not  haughty,  nor 
mine  eyes  lofty  : 

^  Neither  do  I  exercise  myself  in  great 
matters,  or  in  things  too  high  for  me. 

Surely  I  have  behaved  and  quieted  my- 
self, as  a  child  that  is  weaned  of  his 
mother :  my  soul  is  even  as  a  weaned 
child. 

"^  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord  from 
henceforth  and  for  ever. 

Psalms  xliii.  1-5  ;  cxxxi.  1-3. 


§  150  Courage  and  Hope.  233 

(Due  J^tmUreli  anti  jfiftict^  g>elcction* 

Watch  and  Be  Sober, 

BUT  of  the  times  and  the  seasons, 
brethren,  ye  have  no  need  that  I 
write  unto  you. 

^  For  yourselves  know  perfectly  that 
the  day  of  the  Lord  so  cometh  as  a  thief 
in  the  night. 

For  when  they  shall  say,  Peace  and 
safety;  then  sudden  destruction  cometh 
upon  them,  as  travail  upon  a  woman  with 
child  ;  and  they  shall  not  escape. 

^  But  ye,  brethren,  are  not  in  darkness, 
that  that  day  should  overtake  you  as  a 
thief. 

Ye  are  all  the  children  of  light,  and  the 
children  of  the  day :  we  are  not  of  the 
night,  nor  of  darkness. 

^  Therefore  let  us  not  sleep,  as  do 
others ;  but  let  us  watch  and  be  sober. 

For  they  that  sleep  sleep  in  the  night ; 
and  they  that  be  drunken  are  drunken  in 
the  night. 

Hh  But  let  us,  who  are  of  the  day,  be 
sober,  putting  on  the  breastplate  of  faith 


234  Coverage  and  Hope.  §  151 

and  love ;  and  for  an  helmet,  the  hope  of 
salvation. 

For  God  hath  not  appointed  us  to  wrath, 
but  to  obtain  salvation  by  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ, 

^  Who  died  for  us,  that,  whether  we 
wake  or  sleep,  we  should  live  together 
with  him. 

I  Thessalonians  v,  i-io. 


Ahvays  Coiifident. 

THEREFORE  we  are  always  confi- 
dent, knowing  that,  whilst  we  are  at 
home  in  the  body,  we  are  absent  from  the 
Lord : 

^  (For  we  walk  by  faith,  not  by  sight :) 

We  are  confident,  /  say,  and  willing 
rather  to  be  absent  from  the  body,  and 
to  be  present  with  the  Lord. 

^  Wherefore  we  labour,  that,  whether 
present  or  absent,  we  may  be  accepted 
of  him. 

For  the  love  of  Christ  constraineth  us ; 
because  we  thus  judge,  that  if  one  died  for 
all,  then  were  all  dead : 


§151  Co  Ullage  and  Hope.  235 

>h  And  that  he  died  for  all,  that  they 
which  live  should  not  henceforth  live  unto 
themselves,  but  unto  him  which  died  for 
them,  and  rose  again. 

Wherefore  henceforth  know  we  no  man 
after  the  flesh : 

*h  Yea,  though  we  have  known  Christ 
after  the  flesh,  yet  now  henceforth  know 
we  him  no  more. 

Therefore,  if  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he  is 
a  new  creature  : 

>h  Old  things  are  passed  away ;  behold, 
all  things  are  become  new. 

And  all  things  a?'e  of  God,  who  hath 
reconciled  us  to  himself  by  Jesus  Christ, 

*i*  And  hath  given  to  us  the  ministry  of 
reconciliation  ; 

To  wit,  that  God  was  in  Christ,  reconcil- 
ing the  world  unto  himself,  not  imputing 
their  trespasses  unto  them  ; 

*h  And  hath  committed  unto  us  the  word 
of  reconciliation. 

Now  then  we  are  ambassadors  for  Christ, 
as  though  God  did  beseech  j'o?i  by  us  :  we 
pray  j/6>;/  in  Christ's  stead,  be  ye  reconciled 
to  God. 

*b  For  he  hath  made  him  to  be  sin  for 


236  Courage  and  Hope.  §  152 

us,  who   knew  no  sin ;    that  we  might  be 
made  the  righteousness  of  God  in  him. 

2  Corinthians  v.  6-9,  14-21. 


Let  us  Rjiii  ivith  Patience. 

WHEREFORE,  seeing  we  also  are 
compassed  about  with  so  great  a 
cloud  of  witnesses,  let  us  lay  aside  every 
weight,  and  the  sin  which  doth  so  easily 
beset  lis, 

•^  And  let  us  run  with  patience  the  race 
that  is  set  before  us. 

Looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  fin- 
isher of  our  faith  ; 

^  Who  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before 
him  endured  the  cross,  despising  the 
shame,  and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand 
of  the  throne  of  God. 

For  consider  him  that  endured  such 
contradiction  of  sinners  against  himself, 
lest  ye  be  wearied  and  faint  in  your 
minds. 

"^  Ye  have  not  yet  resisted  unto  blood, 
striving  against  sin. 


§  152  Courage  and  Hope.  237 

And  ye  have  forgotten  the  exhortation 
which  speaketh  unto  you  as  unto  children, 
My  son,  despise  not  thou  the  chastening 
of  the  Lord,  nor  faint  when  thou  art 
rebuked  of  him : 

^  For  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  chast- 
eneth,  and  scourgeth  every  son  whom  he 
receiveth. 

Now  no  chastening  for  the  present  seem- 
eth  to  be  joyous,  but  grievous  :  nevertheless 
afterward  it  yieldeth  the  peaceable  fruit  of 
righteousness  unto  them  which  are  exer- 
cised thereby. 

•i^  Wherefore  lift  up  the  hands  which 
hang  down,  and  the  feeble  knees ; 

And  make  straight  paths  for  your  feet, 
lest  that  which  is  lame  be  turned  out  of 
the  way ;  but  let  it  rather  be  healed. 

•^  Follow  peace  with  all  vien,  and  holi- 
ness, without  which  no  man  shall  see  the 
Lord. 

Hebrews  xii.  i-6,  11-14. 


238  Co  wage  and  Hope.  §  i53 

O^ne  i^untjrei)  auD  i?ift\?^tt)iru  ^election* 

Grace  to  Help  in  Time  of  Need. 

THERE  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to 
the  people  of  God.  For  he  that  is 
entered  mto  his  rest,  he  also  hath  ceased 
from  his  own  works,  as  God  did  from  his. 

*h  Let  us  labour  therefore  to  enter  into 
that  rest,  lest  any  man  fall  after  the  same 
example  of  unbelief. 

For  the  word  of  God  is  quick,  and  power- 
ful, and  sharper  than  any  twoedged  sword, 
piercing  even  to  the  dividing  asunder  of 
soul  and  spirit,  and  of  the  joints  and  mar- 
row, and  is  a  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and 
intents  of  the  heart. 

*h  Neither  is  there  any  creature  that  is 
not  manifest  in  his  sight :  but  all  things 
are  naked  and  opened  unto  the  eyes  of  him 
with  whom  we  have  to  do. 

Seeing  then  that  we  have  a  great  high 
priest,  that  is  passed  into  the  heavens, 
Jesus  the  Son  of  God, 

*i*  Let  us  hold  fast  o?ir  profession. 

For  we  have  not  an  high  priest  which 
cannot  be  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our 


§  154  Courage  mid  Hope.  239 

infirmities ;  but  was  in  all  points  tempted 
like  as  we  are,  yet  without  sin. 

^  Let  us  therefore  come  boldly  unto  the 
throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy, 
and  find  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

Hebrews  iv.  9-16. 


(Due  l^untircD  anU  fiXv^^itAxiiX)  ^election* 

The  Neiv  Covejiant. 

THIS  is  the  covenant  that  I  will  make 
with  them  after  those  days,  saith 
the  Lord ;  I  will  put  my  laws  into  their 
hearts,  and  in  their  minds  will  I  write 
them  ; 

►I*  And  their  sins  and  iniquities  will  I 
remember  no  more. 

Now,  where  remission  of  these  is,  there 
is  no  more  offering  for  sin. 

^  Having  therefore,  brethren,  boldness  to 
enter  into  the  holiest  by  the  blood  of  Jesus, 

By  a  new  and  living  way,  which  he  hath 
consecrated  for  us,  through  the  vail,  that 
is  to  say,  his  flesh ; 

'^  And  Jiaving  an  high  priest  over  the 
house  of  God ; 


240  Courage  and  Hope.  §  155 

Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true  heart,  in 
full  assurance  of  faith,  having  our  hearts 
sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience,  and  our 
bodies  washed  with  pure  water. 

^  Let  us  hold  fast  the  profession  of  our 
faith  without  wavering ;  for  he  is  faithful 
that  promised  : 

And  let  us  consider  one  another  to  pro- 
voke unto  love,  and  to  good  works  : 

^  Not  forsaking  the  assembling  of  our- 
selves together,  as  the  manner  of  some 
is ; 

But  exhorting  one  another ;  and  so  much 
the  more,  as  ye  see  the  day  approaching. 

Hebrews  x.  16-25. 


^m  J^unOrctJ  anti  j?iftv'=fiftl)  ^election* 

/  shall  yet  Praise  Hint. 

AS   the   hart   panteth    after   the    water 
brooks,   so   panteth    my    soul    after 
thee,  O  God. 

*h  My  soul  thirstcth  for  God,  for  the 
living  God  :  when  shall  I  come  and  appear 
before  God  "^ 

My  tears  have  been  my  meat  day  and 


§  155  Courage  and  Hope.  241 

night,  while  they  continually  say  unto  me, 
Where  is  thy  God  ? 

*b  When  I  remember  these  things,  I  pour 
out  my  soul  in  me  :  for  I  had  gone  with 
the  multitude,  I  went  with  them  to  the 
house  of  God,  with  the  voice  of  joy  and 
praise,  with  a  multitude  that  kept  holy- 
day. 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  ? 
and  2vhy  art  thou  disquieted  in  me  ?  hope 
thou  in  God  :  for  I  shall  yet  praise  himfor 
the  help  of  his  countenance. 

*h  O  my  God,  my  soul  is  cast  down  with- 
in me :  therefore  will  I  remember  thee 
from  the  land  of  Jordan,  and  of  the  Her- 
monites,  from  the  hill  Mizar. 

Deep  calleth  unto  deep  at  the  noise  of 
thy  waterspouts :  all  thy  waves  and  thy 
billows  are  gone  over  me. 

*h  Yet  the  Lord  will  command  his  lov- 
ing-kindness in  the  day-time,  and  in  the 
night  his  song  shall  be  with  me,  a7id  my 
prayer  unto  the  God  of  my  life. 

I  will  say  unto  God  my  rock,  Why  hast 
thou  forgotten  me .''  why  go  I  mourning 
because  of  the  oppression  of  the  enemy  .? 

*h  As  with  a  sword  in  my  bones,  mine 


242  Courage  and  Hope.  §  156 

enemies  reproach  me  ;  while  they  say  daily 
unto  me,  Where  is  thy  God  ? 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  ? 
and  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me  ? 
hope  thou  in  God :  for  I  shall  yet  praise 
him,  wJw  is  the  health  of  my  countenance, 
and  my  God.  o 

Psalm  xlii.  i-ii. 


(J^ne  l^unDretJ  auD  j?ifti!=0i]ftlj  ^election* 

Forget  not  the  Lord. 

ALL  the  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day  shall  ye  observe 
to  do,  that  ye  may  live,  and  multiply,  and 
go  in  and  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord 
sware  unto  your  fathers. 

^  Therefore  thou  shalt  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk 
in  his  ways,  and  to  fear  him. 

For  the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee  in- 
to a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water, 
of  fountains,  and  depths  that  spring  out  of 
valleys  and  hills ; 

*h  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and 
vines,  and  fig-trees,  and  pomegranates,  a 
land  of  oil-olive,  and  honey  ; 


§  156  Courage  and  Hope.  243 

A  land  wherein  thou  shalt  eat  bread 
without  scarceness,  thou  shalt  not  lack 
any  tJiing  in  it ;  a  land  whose  stones  are 
iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills  thou  mayest 
dig  brass. 

►I^When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
then  thou  shalt  bless  the  Lord  thy  God  for 
the  good  land  which  he  hath  given  thee. 

Beware  that  thou  forget  not  the  Lord 
thy  God,  in  not  keeping  his  command- 
ments, and  his  judgments,  and  his  statutes, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day : 

^  Lest  ivJien  thou  hast  eaten,  and  art 
full,  and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  and 
dwelt  ///^;y/;/ ; 

And  ivJien  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks 
multiply,  and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is 
multiplied,  and  all  that  thou  hast  is  multi- 
plied ; 

*b  Then  thine  heart  be  lifted  up,  and 
thou  forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
brought  thee  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from  the  house  of  bondage ; 

Who  led  thee  through  that  great  and 
terrible  wilderness,  ivherein  ivere  fiery  ser- 
pents, and  scorpions,  and  drought,  where 
tJiere  ivas  no  water : 


244  Courage  and  Hope.  §  i57 

>b  Who  brought  thee  forth  water  out  of 
the  rock  of  fiint ; 

Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness  with 
manna,  which  thy  fathers  knew  not,  that 
he  might  humble  thee,  and  that  he  might 
prove  thee,  to  do  thee  good  at  thy  latter 
end  : 

"^  And  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  My 
power  and  the  might  of  mine  hand  hath 
gotten  me  this  wealth. 

But  thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord  thy 
God :  for  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee  power 
to  get  wealth,  that  he  may  establish  his 
covenant  which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers, 
as  it  is  this  day. 

Deuteronomy  viii.  i,  6-18. 


Keep  His  Commandments. 

THEREFORE    thou    shalt    love    the 
Lord  thy  God, 
'^  And  keep  his  charge,  and  his  statutes, 
and  his  judgments,  and  his  commandments, 
always. 

And    it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye  shall 


§  157  Courage  and  Hope.  245 

hearken  diligently  unto  my  commandments 
which.  I  command  you  this  day, 

^To  love  the  Lord  your  God,  and  to 
serve  him  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
your  soul. 

That  I  will  give  yo2L  the  rain  of  your 
land  in  his  due  season,  the  first  rain  and 
the  latter  rain,  that  thou  may  est  gather  in 
thy  corn,  and  thy  wine,  and  thine  oil. 

^  And  I  will  send  grass  in  thy  fields  for 
thy  cattle,  that  thou  mayest  eat  and  be 
full. 

Take  heed  to  yourselves,  that  your  heart 
be  not  deceived,  and  ye  turn  aside,  and 
serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them ; 

►I<  And  then  the  Lord's  wrath  be  kindled 
against  you,  and  he  shut  up  the  heaven, 
that  there  be  no  rain,  and  that  the  land 
yield  not  her  fruit ; 

And  lest  ye  perish  quickly  from  off  the 
good  land  which  the  Lord  giveth  you. 

^  Therefore  shall  ye  lay  up  these  my 
words  in  your  heart  and  in  your  soul. 

And  bind  them  for  a  sign  upon  your 
hand,  that  they  may  be  as  frontlets  between 
your  eyes. 

HhAnd   ye  shall   teach  them  your  chil- 


246  Courage  and  Hope.  §  158 

dren,  speaking  of  them  when  thou  sittest  in 
thine  house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the 
way,  when  thou  Uest  down,  and  when  thou 
risest  up. 

And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon  the 
door  post  of  thine  house,  and  upon  thy 
gates : 

Hh  That  your  days  may  be  multipHed, 
and  the  days  of  your  children,  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  your  fathers 
to  give  them,  as  the  days  of  heaven  upon 
the  earth. 

Deuteronomy  xi.  i,  13-21. 

(Due  l^untirrD  anu  j?iftv=cigl)tl)  g>clcction* 

TJie  Blessings  of  Obedience. 
ND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  thou  shalt 


A^ 


hearken  diligently  unto  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  to  observe  and  to  do 
all  his  commandments  which  I  command 
thee  this  day  : 

►I^That  the  Lord  thy  God  will  set  thee 
on  high  above  all  nations  of  the  earth  : 

And  all  these  blessings  shall  come  on  thee, 
and  overtake  thee,  if  thou  shalt  hearken 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 


§  158  Courage  and  Hope.  247 

•^  Blessed  sJialt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and 
blessed  slialt  thou  be  in  the  field. 

Blessed  sJiall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body, 
and  the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit 
of  thy  cattle,  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  and 
the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

"^  Blessed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy 
store. 

Blessed  sJialt  thou  be  when  thou  comest 
in,  and  blessed  shall  thou  be  when  thou 
goest  out. 

^  The  Lord  shall  cause  thine  enemies 
that  rise  up  against  thee  to  be  smitten 
before  thy  face  : 

They  shall  come  out  against  thee  one 
way,  and  flee  before  thee  seven  ways. 

^  The  Lord  shall  command  the  bless- 
ing upon  thee  in  thy  storehouses,  and  in  all 
that  thou  settest  thine  hand  unto  : 

And  he  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

^  The  Lord  shall  establish  thee  an  holy 
people  unto  himself,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto 
thee, 

If  thou  shalt  keep  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  in  his 
ways. 


248  Courage  and  Hope.  §  i59 

^  And  all  people  of  the  earth  shall  see 
that  thou  art  called  by  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  shall  be  afraid  of  thee. 

Deuteronomy  xxviii.  i-io. 


#ne  J^unHreD  ant)  fiXv^AxmS)  Selection* 

A   Vozv  of  Service. 
WILL  smg  of  mercy  and   judgment: 


I 


unto  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  sing. 


^  I  will  behave  myself  wisely  in  a  per- 
fect way.  O  when  wilt  thou  come  unto 
me  t  I  will  walk  within  my  house  with  a 
perfect  heart. 

I  will  set  no  wicked  thing  before  mine 
eyes :  I  hate  the  work  of  them  that  turn 
aside  ;  it  shall  not  cleave  to  me. 

"^  A  froward  heart  shall  depart  from 
me :  I  will  not  know  a  wicked  person. 

Whoso  privily  slandereth  his  neighbour, 
him  will  I  cut  off :  him  that  hath  an  high 
look  and  a  proud  heart  will  not  I  suffer. 

^  Mine  eyes  sJiall  be  upon  the  faithful 
of  the  land,  that  they  may  dwell  with  me  : 

He  that  walketh  in  a  perfect  way,  he 
shall  serve  me. 

^  He  that  worketh  deceit  shall  not  dwell 


§  i6o  Courage  and  Hope.  249 

-•within  my  house  :   he  that  telleth  lies  shall 
not  tarry  in  my  sight. 

I  will  early  destroy  all  the  wicked  of  the 
land ;  that  I  may  cut  off  all  wicked  doers 
from  the  city  of  the  Lord. 

Psalm  ci.  i-8. 


(Dne  l^uiiDreD  auD  g)i]i:tietl)  ^election* 

A   Vozv  Performed  and  Rewarded. 

LORD,  remember  David,  and  all  his 
afflictions : 

Hh  How  he  sware  unto  the  Lord,  and 
vowed  unto  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob  ; 

Surely  I  will  not  come  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  my  house,  nor  go  up  into  my 
bed; 

•^  I  will  not  give  sleep  to  mine  eyes,  or 
slumber  to  mine  eyelids, 

Until  I  find  out  a  place  for  the  Lord,  an 
habitation  for  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob. 

^  Lo,  we  heard  of  it  at  Ephratah :  we 
found  it  in  the  fields  of  the  wood. 

We  will  go  into  his  tabernacles :  we  will 
worship  at  his  footstool. 

^  Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  rest ;  thou, 
and  the  ark  of  thy  strength. 


250  CoiLvage  and  Hope.  §  160 

Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with  right» 
eousness  ;  and  let  thy  saints  shout  for  joy. 

^  For  thy  servant  David's  sake  turn  not 
away  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

The  Lord  hath  sworn  /;/  truth  unto 
David ;  he  will  not  turn  from  it ;  Of  the 
fruit  of  thy  body  will  I  set  upon  thy 
throne. 

*I<  If  thy  children  will  keep  my  covenant 
and  my  testimony  that  I  shall  teach  them ; 
their  children  also  shall  sit  upon  thy  throne 
for  evermore. 

For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Zion ;  he 
hath  desired  it  for  his  habitation. 

*t"  This  is  my  rest  for  ever  :  here  will  I 
dwell ;  for  I  have  desired  it. 

I  will  abundantly  bless  her  provision : 
I  will  satisfy  her  poor  with  bread. 

^  I  will  also  clothe  her  priests  with  sal- 
vation, and  her  saints  shall  shout  aloud 
for  joy. 

There  will  I  make  the  horn  of  David  to 
bud :  I  have  ordained  a  lamp  for  mine 
anointed. 

HP  His  enemies  will  I  clothe  with  shame  : 
but  upon  himself  shall  his  crown  flourish. 

Psalm,  cxxxii.  1-18. 


XVII. 

SERVICE  AND   REWARD. 

Good  Resolutions. 

JUDGE  me,  O  Lord  ;  for  I  have  walked 
in  mine  integrity :  I  have  trusted  also 
in  the  Lord  ;  tJiercfore  I  shall  not  slide. 

•i^  Examine  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  me ; 
try  my  reins  and  my  heart. 

For  thy  lovingkindness  is  before  mine 
eyes :  and  I  have  walked  in  thy  truth. 

^  I  have  not  sat  with  vain  persons, 
neither  will  I  go  in  with  dissemblers. 

I  have  hated  the  congregation  of  evil 
doers ;  and  will  not  sit  with  the  wicked. 

^  I  will  wash  mine  hands  in  inno- 
cency :  so  will  I  compass  thine  altar,  O 
Lord  : 

That  I  may  publish  with  the  voice  of 
thanksgiving,  and  tell  of  all  thy  wondrous 
works. 

►J<  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of 


252  Service  and  Rezvard.  §  162 

thy  house,  and  the  place  where  thine 
honour  dwelleth. 

Gather  not  my  soul  with  sinners,  nor  my 
life  with  bloody  men  : 

^  In  whose  hands  is  mischief,  and  their 
right  hand  is  full  of  bribes. 

But  as  for  me,  I  will  walk  in  mine 
integrity  :  redeem  me,  and  be  merciful 
unto  me. 

^  My  foot  standeth  in  an  even  place : 
in  the  congregations  will  I  bless  the 
Lord. 

Psalm  xxvi.  1-12. 


(0ne  l^unureu  ant)  ^irt\?'S?econi3  g)clcction» 

An  Up  rig  J  It  Character. 

LORD,  who  shall  abide  in  thy  taber- 
nacle }  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy 
hill .? 

*h  He  that  walketh  uprightly,  and  work- 
eth  righteousness,  and  speaketh  the  truth 
in  his  heart. 

He  that  backbiteth  not  with  his  tongue, 
nor  doeth  evil  to  his  neighbour,  nor  taketh 
up  a  reproach  against  his  neighbour. 


§  163  Service  and  Reivard.  253 

•^  In  whose  eyes  a  vile  person  is  con- 
temned ;  but  he  honoureth  them  that  fear 
the  Lord. 

He  that  sweareth  to  Jiis  ozun  hurt,  and 
changeth  not.  He  that  putteth  not  out  his 
money  to  usury,  nor  taketh  reward  against 
the  innocent. 

*h  He  that  doeth  these  things  shall  never 
be  moved. 

Psahn  XV.  1-5. 

o^ne  C^untircu  ant)  g)irti'=tljut)  g)rlrftion* 

Praise  of  a  Good  Life. 

A  GOOD  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen 
than  great  riches,  and  loving  favour 
rather  than  silver  and  gold. 

^  The  rich  and  poor  meet  together :  the 
Lord  is  the  maker  of  them  all. 

A  prudent  man  foreseeth  the  evil,  and 
hideth  himself :  but  the  simple  pass  on, 
and  are  punished. 

*b  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the  Lord 
are  riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

Thorns  and  snares  are  in  the  way  of  the 
froward  :  he  that  doth  keep  his  soul  shall 
be  far  from  them. 


254  Service  a?id  Reivard.  §  164 

^  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should 
go :  and  when  he  is  old,  he  will  not  depart 
from  it. 

The  rich  ruleth  over  the  poor,  and  the 
borrower  is  servant  to  the  lender. 

^  He  that  soweth  iniquity  shall  reap 
vanity :  and  the  rod  of  his  anger  shall 
fail. 

He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall  be 
blessed ;  for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the 
poor. 

^  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  contention 
shall  go  out ;  yea,  strife  and  reproach  shall 
cease. 

He  that  loveth  pureness  of  heart,  for 
the  grace  of  his  lips  the  king  shall  be  his 
friend. 

^  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  preserve  knowl- 
edge, and  he  overthrovveth  the  words  of 
the  trans2:ressor. 


&' 


Proverbs  xxii.  1-12. 


#ne  l^uniDrcD  anti  §)irtv^^fourtl;  g>rlcction. 


T 


TJic  Reivard  of  Righteousness. 

HE  Lord  rewarded  me  according  to 
my  righteousness ;  according  to  the 


§  164  Service  and  Reward.  255 

cleanness    of    my   hands    hath    he    recom- 
pensed me. 

•^  For  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord, 
and  have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my 
God. 

For  all  his  judgments  zvere  before  me: 
and  as  for  his  statutes,  I  did  not  depart 
from  them. 

^  I  was  also  upright  before  him,  and 
have  kept  myself  from  mine  iniquity. 

Therefore  the  Lord  hath  recompensed 
me  according  to  my  righteousness  ;  accord- 
ing to  my  cleanness  in  his  eyesight. 

^  With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thy- 
self merciful,  and  with  the  upright  man 
thou  wilt  shew  thyself  upright. 

.  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
pure;  and  with  the  froward  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  unsavoury. 

^  And  the  ai^icted  people  thou  wilt  save : 
but  thine  eyes  are  upon  the  haughty,  that 
thou  mayest  bring  tJievi  down. 

For  thou  art  my  lamp,  O  Lord  :  and 
the  Lord  will  lighten  my  darkness. 

2  Samuel  xxii.  21-29. 


256  Service  and  Rezuard.  §  165 

^nt  l^unOrcD  anu  ^tvti^  fiftt)  ^election* 

The  Tivo  Paths. 

ENTER  not  into  the  path  of  the 
wicked,  and  go  not  in  the  way  of 
evil  men. 

^  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it,  turn  from  it, 
and  pass  away. 

For  they  sleep  not,  except  they  have 
done  mischief ;  and  their  sleep  is  taken 
away,  unless  they  cause  some  to  fall. 

>{*•  For  they  eat  the  bread  of  wickedness, 
and  drink  the  wine  of  violence. 

But  the  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shining 
light,  that  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the 
perfect  day. 

"^  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  darkness  : 
they  know  not  at  what  they  stumble. 

My  son,  attend  to  my  words ;  incline 
thine  ear  unto  my  sayings. 

*^  Let  them  not  depart  from  thine  eyes ; 
keep  them  in  the  midst  of  thine  heart. 

For  they  are  life  unto  those  that  find 
them,  and  health  to  all  their  flesh. 

^  Keep  thy  heart  with  all  diligence ;  for 
out  of  it  are  the  issues  of  life. 


§  1 66  Service  and  Reward.  257 

Put  away  from  thee  a  froward  mouth, 
and  perverse  lips  put  far  from  thee. 

^  Let  thine  eyes  look  right  on,  and  let 
thine  eyelids  look  straight  before  thee. 

Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  and  let  all 
thy  ways  be  established. 

^Turn  not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the 
left :  remove  thy  foot  from  evil. 

Proverbs  iv.  14-27. 


Trust  in  tJie  Lord  and  Do  Good, 

PRET  not  thyself  because  of  evil  doers, 
A  neither  be  thou  envious  against  the 
workers  of  iniquity. 

^  For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down  like 
the  grass,  and  wither  as  the  green  herb. 

Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good;  so 
shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily 
thou  shalt  be  fed. 

^  Delight  thyself  also  in  the  Lord  ;  and 
he  shall  give  thee  the  desires  of  thine 
heart. 

Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord  ;  trust 
also  in  him  ;  and  he  shall  bring  it  to  pass. 


258  Service  and  Reivard.  §  167 

'^  And  he  shall  bring  forth  thy  righteous- 
ness as  the  light,  and  thy  judgment  as  the 
noonday. 

Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  patiently  for 
him  :  fret  not  thyself  because  of  him  who 
prospereth  in  his  way,  because  of  the  man 
who  bringeth  wicked  devices  to  pass. 

^  Cease  from  anger,  and  forsake  wrath : 
fret  not  thyself  in  any  wise  to  do  evil. 

For  evil  doers  shall  be  cut  off  :  but  those 
that  wait  upon  the  Lord,  they  shall  inherit 
the  earth. 

^  For  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  wicked 
sJiall  not  be :  yea,  thou  shalt  diligently  con- 
sider his  place,  and  it  sJiall  not  be. 

But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth ; 
and  shall  delight  themselves  in  the  abun- 
dance of  peace. 

Psalm  xxxvii.  i-ii. 


The  Happy  Man. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  that  walketh  not 
in  the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor 
standeth  in  the  way  of  sinners,  nor  sitteth 
in  the  seat  of  the  scornful. 


§  1 68  Service  and  Reward.  259 

"^  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the 
Lord;  and  in  his  law  doth  he  meditate 
day  and  night. 

And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by 
the  rivers  of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his 
fruit  in  his  season  ;  his  leaf  also  shall  not 
wither;  and  whatsoever  he  doeth  shall 
prosper. 

^  The  ungodly  are  not  so  :  but  are  like 
the  chaff  which  the  wind  driveth  away. 

Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  stand 
in  the  judgment,  nor  sinners  in  the  congre- 
gation of  the  righteous. 

►I*  For  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the 
righteous :  but  the  way  of  the  ungodly 
shall  perish. 

Psalm  i.  1-6. 


(J^ne  J^untjrrU  anti  g^irt^^cigtjtl)  ^election* 

TJie  Steps  of  a  Good  Man. 
'HE  steps  of  a  good  man  are  ordered 


T 


by  the  Lord  :  and  he  delighteth  in 
his  way. 

•^  Though  he  fall,  he  shall  not  be  utterly 
cast  down :  for  the  Lord  upholdeth  him 
with-  his  hand. 


26o  Sei'vicc  and  Rezvard.  §  169 

I  have  been  young,  and  now  am  old ; 
yet  have  1  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken, 
nor  his  seed  begging  bread. 

*I<  He  is  ever  merciful,  and  lendeth ;  and 
his  seed  is  blessed. 

Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good;  and 
dwell  for  evermore. 

^  For  the  Lord  loveth  judgment,  and 
forsaketh  not  his  saints  ; 

They  are  preserved  for  ever :  but  the 
seed  of  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off. 

•i^  The  righteous  shall  inherit  the  land, 
and  dwell  therein  for  ever. 

The  mouth  of  the  righteous  speaketh 
wisdom,  and  his  tongue  talketh  of  judg- 
ment. 

^  The  law  of  his  God  is  in  his  heart ; 
none  of  his  steps  shall  slide. 

Psalm  xxxvii.  23-31. 


TJie  Righteous  shall  Endure. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Blessed  is  the 
man  that  feareth  the  Lord,  that  de- 
lighteth  greatly  in  his  commandments. 


§  169  Service  mid  Rezvai^d.  261 

*i*  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  earth  : 
the  generation  of  the  upright  shall  be 
blessed. 

Wealth  and  riches  shall  be  in  his  house  : 
and  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

*i^  Unto  the  upright  there  ariseth  light  in 
the  darkness  :  he  is  gracious,  and  full  of 
compassion,  and  righteous. 

A  good  man  sheweth  favour,  and  lend- 
eth :  he  will  guide  his  affairs  with  discre- 
tion. 

*b  Surely  he  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever  : 
the  righteous  shall  be  in  everlasting  re- 
membrance. 

He  shall  not  be  afraid  of  evil  tidings  : 
his  heart  is  fixed,  trusting  in  the  Lord. 

*h  His  heart  is  established,  he  shall  not 
be  afraid,  until  he  see  his  desii^e  upon  his 
enemies. 

He  hath  dispersed,  he  hath  given  to  the 
poor  ; 

^  His  righteousness  endureth  for  ever ; 
his  horn  shall  be  exalted  with  honour. 

The  wicked  shall  see  it,  and  be  grieved ; 
he  shall  gnash  with  his  teeth,  and  melt 
away :    the    desire    of    the    wicked    shall 

periSll.  Psalm  cxii.  i-io. 


262  Service  and  Reward.  §170 

O^nr  l^iuxDrcD  ano  ^ctimttetl;  S)elcction* 

Judgment  according  to  Truth. 

THEREFORE  thou  art  inexcusable, 
O  man,  whosoever  thou  art,  that 
judgest :  for  wherein  thou  judgest  another, 
thou  condemnest  thyself ;  for  thou  that 
judgest,  doest  the  same  things. 

*b  But  we  are  sure  that  the  judgment  of 
God  is  according  to  truth,  against  them 
which  commit  such  things. 

And  thinkest  thou  this,  O  man,  that 
judgest  them  which  do  such  things,  and 
doest  the  same,  that  thou  shalt  escape  the 
judgment  of  God.-' 

*b  Or  despisest  thou  the  riches  of  his 
goodness,  and  forbearance,  and  long-suffer- 
ing ;  not  knowing  that  the  goodness  of 
God  leadeth  thee  to  repentance  .'* 

But  after  thy  hardness  and  impenitent 
heart,  treasurest  up  unto  thyself  wrath 
against  the  day  of  wrath,  and  revelation 
of  the  righteous  judgment  of  God  ; 

^  Who  will  render  to  every  man  accord- 
ing to  his  deeds  : 

To  them  who  by  patient  continuance  in 


§  I /I  Service  and  Rezvard.  263 

well-doing,  seek  for  glory,  and  honour,  and 
immortality  ;   eternal  life  : 

*i^  But  unto  them  that  are  contentious, 
and  do  not  obey  the  truth,  but  obey  un- 
righteousness ;  indignation  and  wrath, 

Tribulation  and  anguish,  upon  every 
soul  of  man  that  doeth  evil ;  of  the  Jew 
first,  and  also  of  the  Gentile ; 

^  But  glory,  honour,  and  peace,  to  every 
man  that  worketh  good ;  to  the  Jew  first, 
and  also  to  the  Gentile. 

Romans  ii.  i-io. 


The  Vanity  of  Riches. 

HEAR  this,  all  ye  people  ;  give  ear,  all 
ye  inhabitants  of  the  world  : 

^  Both  low  and  high,  rich  and  poor,  to- 
gether. 

My  mouth  shall  speak  of  wisdom ;  and 
the  meditation  of  my  heart  sJiall  be  of 
understanding. 

•^  I  will  incline  mine  ear  to  a  parable  : 
I  will  open  my  dark  saying  upon  the  harp. 

They    that   trust    in    their   wealth,    and 


264  Service  and  Rezuard.  §  171 

boast  themselves  in  the  multitude  of  their 
riches ; 

*h  None  of  them  can  by  any  means  re- 
deem his  brother,  nor  give  to  God  a  ransom 
for  him  : 

For  he  seeth  that  wise  men  die,  likewise 
the  fool  and  the  brutish  person  perish,  and 
leave  their  wealth  to  others. 

*i*  Their  inward  thought  is,  that  their 
houses  shall  continue  for  ever,  and  their 
dwelling-places  to  all  generations ;  they 
call  tJieir  lands  after  their  own  names. 

Nevertheless  man  being  in  honour  abid- 
eth  not :  he  is  like  the  beasts  tJiat  perish. 

•^  Be  not  thou  afraid  when  one  is  made 
rich,  when  the  glory  of  his  house  is  in- 
creased ; 

For  when  he  dieth  he  shall  carry  nothing 
away  :  his  glory  shall  not  descend  after  him. 

'^  Though  while  he  lived  he  blessed  his 
soul,  (and  men  will  praise  thee,  when  thou 
doest  well  to  thyself,) 

He  shall  go  to  the  generation  of  his 
fathers;  they  shall  never  see  light. 

^  Man  tJiat  is  in  honour,  and  understand- 
eth  not,  is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

Psalm  xlix.  1-4,  6,  7,  10-12,  16-20. 


§  1/2  Service  and  Reward.  265 

#nr  l^untirca  anu  ^ctirntv^=0cconu 
g>clrction» 

77/^  Fulfilling  of  the  Law. 

RENDER  therefore  to  all  their  dues: 
tribute  to  whom  tribute  is  due  ;  cus- 
tom to  whom  custom  ;  fear  to  whom  fear ; 
honour  to  whom  honour. 

^  Owe  no  man  anything,  but  to  love 
one  another :  for  he  that  loveth  another 
hath  fulfilled  the  law. 

For  this,  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 
Thou  shalt  not  kill,  Thou  shalt  not  steal, 
Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness.  Thou 
shalt  not  covet ;  and  if  tJiere  be  any  other 
commandment,  it  is  briefly  comprehended 
in  this  saying,  namely.  Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbour  as  thyself. 

^  Love  worketh  no  ill  to  his  neigh- 
bour:  therefore  love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the 
law. 

And  that,  knowing  the  time,  that  now  it 
is  high  time  to  awake  out  of  sleep  : 

^  For  now  is  our  salvation  nearer  than 
when  we  believed. 

The  night  is  far  spent,  the  day  is  at  hand : 


266  Service  a7id  Rczvard.  §  173 

let  us  therefore  cast  off  the  works  of 
darkness,  and  let  us  put  on  the  armour  of 
light. 

•^  Let  us  walk  honestly,  as  in  the  day : 
not  in  rioting  and  drunkenness,  not  in 
chambering  and  wantonness,  not  in  strife 
and  envying. 

But  put  ye  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  make  not  provision  for  the  flesh,  to 
fulfil  the  lusts  thereof. 

Ro?nans  xiii.  7-14. 


(Dne  l^unurru  anu  g>rt)rnt^=tl)irt)  ^election* 

Acceptable  Sacrifice. 

L^T^j^;/;- conversation  be  without  covet- 
ousness ;  ajid  be  content  with  such 
things  as  ye  have  :  for  he  hath  said,  I  will 
never  leave  thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 

^  So  that  we  may  boldly  say,  The  Lord 
is  my  helper,  and  I  will  not  fear  what  man 
shall  do  unto  me. 

Remember  them  which  have  the  rule 
over  you,  who  have  spoken  unto  you  the 
word  of  God  :  whose  faith  follow,  consider- 
ing the  end  of  their  conversation  : 


§  1/3  Service  and  Rezvard.  267 

Hh  Jesus  Christ  the  same  yesterday,  and 
to-day,  and  for  ever. 

Be  not  carried  about  with  divers  and 
strange  doctrines :  for  it  is  a  good  thing 
that  the  heart  be  estabhshed  with  grace ; 
not  with  meats,  which  have  not  profited 
them  that  have  been  occupied  therein. 

•^  We  have  an  altar,  whereof  they  have 
no  right  to  eat  which  serve  the  tabernacle. 

For  the  bodies  of  those  beasts,  whose 
blood  is  brought  into  the  sanctuary  by  the 
high  priest  for  sin,  are  burned  without  the 
camp. 

^  Wherefore  Jesus  also,  that  he  might 
sanctify  the  people  with  his  own  blood, 
suffered  without  the  gate. 

Let  us  go  forth  therefore  unto  him  with- 
out the  camp,  bearing  his  reproach. 

^  For  here  have  we  no  continuing  city, 
but  we  seek  one  to  come. 

By  him  therefore  let  us  offer  the  sacri- 
fice of  praise  to  God  continually,  that  is, 
the  fruit  of  our  lips,  giving  thanks  to  his 
name. 

^  But  to  do  good,  and  to  communicate, 
forget  not :  for  with  such  sacrifices  God  is 

well  pleased.  Hebrews  xiii.  5-16. 


268  Service  and  Rezvard.  §  174 


#ne  J^unnrcU  anti  g)et3cnt^=fourtl) 
§)rlection* 

TJie  Proof  of  Our  Ministry. 

WE  then,  as  workers  together  with 
him,  beseech  yon  also  that  ye  re- 
ceive not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. 

►f*  (For  he  saith,  I  have  heard  thee  in  a 
time  accepted,  and  in  the  day  of  salvation 
have  I  succoured  thee  :  behold,  now  is  the 
accepted  time  ;  behold,  now  is  the  day  of 
salvation.) 

Giving  no  offence  in  any  thing,  that  the 
ministry  be  not  blamed  : 

^  But  in  all  tilings  approving  our- 
selves as  the  ministers  of  God,  in  much 
patience,  in  afflictions,  in  necessities,  in 
distresses. 

In  stripes,  in  imprisonments,  in  tumults, 
in  labours,  in  watchings,  in  fastings ; 

►f"  By  pureness,  by  knowledge,  by  long- 
suffering,  by  kindness,  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
by  love  unfeigned, 

By  the  word  of  truth,  by  the  power  of 
God,  by  the  armour  of  righteousness  on 
the  right  hand  and  on  the  left, 


§  174  Service  and  Rcivard.  269 

^  By  honour  and  dishonour,  by  evil  re- 
port and  good  report ;  as  deceivers,  and  yet 
true  ; 

As  unknown,  and  yet  well  known  ;  as 
dying,  and  behold,  we  live ;  as  chastened, 
and  not  killed ; 

"^  As  sorrowful,  yet  always  rejoicing ;  as 
poor,  yet  making  many  rich ;  as  having 
nothing,  ^nd  yet  possessing  all  things. 

2  Co7-wtIiians  vi.  i-io. 


XVIII. 

LOVE  AND   BROTHERHOOD. 

The  Peace  of  Jerusalevi. 

I  WAS  glad  when  they  said  unto  me, 
Let  us  go  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

►J^  Our  feet  shall  stand  within  thy  gates, 
O  Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem  is  builded  as  a  city  that  is 
compact  together  : 

^i^  Whither  the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes  of 
the  Lord,  unto  the  testimony  of  Israel, 
to  give  thanks  unto  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

For  there  are  set  thrones  of  judgment, 
the  thrones  of  the  house  of  David. 

"^  Pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusalem  :  they 
shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 

Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and  pros- 
perity within  thy  palaces. 

^  For    my    brethren    and    companions' 


§  1/6         Love  and  BrotJicrJiood.  271 

sakes,  I  will  now  say,  Peace  be  within 
thee. 

Because  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  our 
God  I  will  seek  thy  good. 

^  Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleasant 
it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity ! 

It  is  like  the  precious  ointment  upon 
the  head,  that  ran  down  upon  the  beard, 
even  Aaron's  beard :  that  went  down  to 
the  skirts  of  his  garments ; 

^  As  the  dew  of  Hermon,  and  as  the 
deiv  that  descended  upon  the  mountains 
of  Zion  :  for  there  the  Lord  commanded 
the  blessing,  even  life  for  evermore. 

Psalm  cxxii.  1-9 ;  cxxxiii.  1-3. 


Unity  in  Christ. 

I  THEREFORE,  the  prisoner  of  the 
Lord,  beseech  you  that  ye  walk  wor- 
thy of  the  vocation  wherewith  ye  are 
called, 

^  With  all  lowliness  and  meekness,  with 
long-suffering,  forbearing  one  another  in 
love; 


2/2  Love  and  BrotJicrJiood.         §  176 

Endeavouring  to  keep  the  unity  of  the 
Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace. 

^  TJierc  is  one  body,  and  one  Spirit, 
even  as  ye  are  called  in  one  hope  of  your 
calling. 

But  unto  every  one  of  us  is  given  grace 
according  to  the  measure  of  the  gift  of 
Christ. 

*b  Wherefore  he  saith,  When  he  as- 
cended up  on  high,  he  led  captivity 
captive,   and  gave  gifts  unto  men. 

Now  that  he  ascended,  what  is  it  but 
that  he  also  descended  first  into  the  lower 
parts  of  the  earth  } 

•^  He  that  descended  is  the  same  also 
that  ascended  up  far  above  all  heavens, 
that  he  might  fill  all  things. 

And  he  gave  some,  apostles ;  and  some, 
prophets ;  and  some,  evangelists ;  and 
some,  pastors  and  teachers  ; 

*b  For  the  perfecting  of  the  saints,  for 
the  work  of  the  ministry,  for  the  edifying 
of  the  body  of  Christ : 

Till  we  all  come  in  the  unity  of  the  faith, 
and  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God, 
unto  a  perfect  man,  unto  the  measure  of 
the  stature  of  the  fulness  of  Christ : 


§  1/7        Love  and  Brotherhood.  273 

*b  That  we  hcncefortJi  be  no  more  chil- 
dren, tossed  to  and  fro,-  and  carried  about 
with  every  wind  of  doctrine. 

By  the  sleight  of  men,  and  cunning 
craftiness,  whereby  they  lie  in  wait  to 
deceive  : 

^  But  speaking  the  truth  in  love,  may 
grow  up  into  him  in  all  things,  which  is 
the  head,  even  Christ : 

From  whom  the  whole  body  fitly  joined 
together  and  compacted  by  that  which 
every  joint  supplieth,  according  to  the 
effectual  working  in  the  measure  of  every 
part,  maketh  increase  of  the  body  unto  the 
edifying  of  itself  in  love. 

Ephesians  iv.  1-4,  7-16. 

^election* 

TJlc  Greatest  of  These  is  Charity. 

THOUGH  I  speak  with  the  tongues 
of  men  and  of  angels,  and  have  not 
charity,  I  am  become  as  sounding  brass  or 
a  tinkling  cymbal. 

^  And  though  I  have  the  gift  of  proph- 
ecy, and  understand  all  mysteries,  and  all 


2/4  Love  and  BrotJierhood.         §  177 

knowledge ;  and  though  I  have  all  faith, 
so  that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and 
have  not  charity,   I  am  nothing. 

And  though  I  bestow  all  my  goods  to 
feed  the  poor,  and  though  I  give  my  body 
to  be  burned,  and  have  not  charity,  it 
profiteth  me  nothing. 

^  Charity  suffereth  long,  and  is  kind ; 
charity  envieth  not ;  charity  vaunteth  not 
itself,  is  not  puffed  up. 

Doth  not  behave  itself  unseemly,  seek- 
eth  not  her  own,  is  not  easily  provoked, 
thinketh  no  evil ; 

Hh  Rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but  rejoiceth 
in  the  truth  ; 

Beareth  all  things,  believeth  all  things, 
hopeth  all  things,  endureth  all  things. 

^  Charity  never  faileth  : 

But  whether  there  be  prophecies,  they 
shall  fail ;  whether  tJiere  be  tongues,  they 
shall  cease ;  whether  there  be  knowledge, 
it  shall  vanish  away. 

^  For  we  know  in  part,  and  we  proph- 
esy in  part. 

But  when  that  which  is  perfect  is  come, 
then  that  which  is  in  part  shall  be  done 
away. 


§  178        Love  and  BrotJierhood.  ^  275 

^  When  I  was  a  child,  I  spake  as  a 
child,  I  understood  as  a  child,  I  thought 
as  a  child : 

But  when  I  became  a  man,  I  put  away 
childish  things. 

"^  For  now  we  see  through  a  glass, 
darkly ;  but  then  face  to  face  : 

Now  I  know  in  part ;  but  then  shall  I 
know  even  as  also  I  am  known. 

•^  And  now  abideth  faith,  hope,  charity, 
these  three ;  but  the  greatest  of  these  is 
charity. 

I  Corinthians  xiii.  1-13. 

g)flcction» 

Love  is  of  God. 

BELOVED,   let  us  love  one  another: 
for  love  is  of  God  ;  and  every  one  that 
loveth  is  born  of  God,  and  knoweth  God. 

"^  He  that  loveth  not  knoweth  not  God ; 
for  God  is  love. 

In  this  was  manifested  the  love  of  God 
toward  us,  because  that  God  sent  his  only 
begotten  Son  into  the  world,  that  we  might 
live  through  him. 


276  Love  and  BrotJicrJiood.         §  178 

^  Herein  is  love,  not  that  we  loved  God, 
but  that  he  loved  us,  and  sent  his  Son  to 
be  the  propitiation  for  our  sins. 

Beloved,  if  God  so  loved  us,  we  ought 
also  to  love  one  another. 

^  No  man  hath  seen  God  at  any  time. 
If  we  love  another,  God  dwelleth  in  us, 
and  his  love  is  perfected  in  us. 

Hereby  know  we  that  we  dwell  in  him, 
and  he  in  us,  because  he  hath  given  us  of 
his  Spirit. 

^  And  we  have  seen  and  do  testify  that 
the  Father  sent  the  Son  to  be  the  Saviour 
of  the  world. 

Whosoever  shall  confess  that  Jesus  is 
the  Son  of  God,  God  dwelleth  in  him,  and 
he  in  God. 

^  And  we  have  known  and  believed  the 
love  that  God  hath  to  us. 

God  is  love ;  and  he  that  dwelleth  in 
love  dwelleth  in  God,  and  God  in  him. 

*^  Herein  is  our  love  made  perfect,  that 
we  may  have  boldness  in  the  day  of  judg- 
ment :  because  as  he  is,  so  are  we  in  this 
world. 

There  is  no  fear  in  love ;  but  perfect 
love  casteth  out  fear :   because  fear  hath 


§  1/9        Love  and  Brotherhood.  277 

torment.  He  that  feareth  is  not  made 
perfect  in  love. 

•i^  We  love  him,  because  he  first  loved 
us. 

If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and  hateth  his 
brother,  he  is  a  liar:  for  he  that  loveth 
not  his  brother,  whom  he  hath  seen,  how 
can  he  love  God  whom  he  hath  not  seen  1 

•^  And  this  commandment  have  we  from 
him.  That  he  who  loveth  God,  love  his 
brother  also. 

I  JoJvt  iv.  7-21. 


O^ne  II^tmlirrD  anti  ^ctjcnt^.nint!) 
^election, 

TJie  Sons  of  God. 

BEHOLD,  what   manner   of   love   the 
Father  hath  bestowed  upon  us,  that 
we  should  be  called  the  sons  of  God  : 

^  Therefore  the  world  knoweth  us  not, 
because  it  knew  him  not. 

Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God, 
and  it  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall 
be: 

^  But  we  know  that,  when  he  shall  ap- 


2^*^  Love  and  BrotJierJiood.         §  179 

pear,  we  shall  be  like  him,  for  we  shall  see 
him  as  he  is. 

My  little  children,  let  us  not  love  in 
word,  neither  in  tongue ;  but  in  deed  and 
in  truth, 

*h  And  hereby  we  know  that  we  are  of 
the  truth,  and  shall  assure  our  hearts  be- 
fore him. 

For  if  our  heart  condemn  us,  God  is 
greater  than  our  heart,  and  knoweth  all 
things. 

^  Beloved,  if  our  heart  condemn  us  not, 
then  have  we  confidence  toward  God. 

And  whatsoever  we  ask,  we  receive  of 
him,  because  we  keep  his  commandments, 
and  do  those  things  that  are  pleasing  in 
his  sight. 

^  And  this  is  his  commandment,  That 
we  should  believe  on  the  name  of  his  Son 
Jesus  Christ,  and  love  one  another,  as  he 
gave  us  commandment. 

And  he  that  keepeth  his  commandments 
dwelleth  in  him,  and  he  in  him. 

^  And  hereby  we  know  that  he  abideth 
in  us,  by  the  Spirit  which  he  hath  given 
us. 

I  John.  iii.  1-3,  18-24. 


§  i8o        Love  and  Brotherhood.  279 

^\\t  HpuntirrD  antj  Ctgljticti;  ^election* 

Members  One  of  Another. 

FOR  as  we  have  many  members  in  one 
body,  and  all  members  have  not  the 
same  office  : 

^  So  we,  being  many,  are  one  body  in 
Christ,  and  every  one  members  one  of 
another. 

Having  then  gifts  differing  according  to 
the  grace  that  is  given  to  us,  whether 
prophecy,  let  71s  prophesy  according  to  the 
proportion  of  faith ; 

^  Or  ministry,  let  ns  zuait  on  onr  minis- 
tering ;  or  he  that  teacheth,  on  teaching  ; 

Or  he  that  exhorteth,  on  exhortation  : 
he  that  giveth,  let  him  do  it  with  simplic- 
ity ;  he  that  ruleth,  with  diligence ;  he  that 
sheweth  mercy,  with  cheerfulness. 

^  Let  love  be  without  dissimulation. 
Abhor  that  which  is  evil ;  cleave  to  that 
which  is  good. 

Be  kindly  affectioned  one  to  another 
with  brotherly  love ;  in  honour  preferring 
one  another. 

*h  Not  slothful  in  business ;  fervent  in 
spirit ;  serving  the  Lord ; 


28o  Love  and  BrotJierhood.        §  i8o 

Rejoicing  in  hope;  patient  in  tribula- 
tion ;   continuing  instant  in  prayer ; 

^  Distributing  to  the  necessity  of  saints  ; 
given  to  hospitality. 

Bless  them  which  persecute  you :  bless, 
and  curse  not. 

"^  Rejoice  with  them  that  do  rejoice,  and 
weep  with  them  that  weep. 

Be  of  the  same  mind  one  toward  another. 
Mind  not  high  things,  but  condescend  to 
men  of  low  estate.  Be  not  wise  in  your 
own  conceits. 

^  Recompense  to  no  man  evil  for  evil. 
Provide  things  honest  in  the  sight  of  all 
men. 

If  it  be  possible,  as  much  as  lieth  in  you, 
live  peaceably  with  all  men. 

•^  Dearly  beloved,  avenge  not  yourselves, 
but  rather  give  place  unto  wrath  :  for  it  is 
written.  Vengeance  is  mine ;  I  will  repay, 
saith  the  Lord. 

Therefore  if  thine  enemy  hunger,  feed 
him  ;  if  he  thirst,  give  him  drink  :  for  in  so 
doing  thou  shalt  heap  coals  of  fire  on  his 
head. 

*h  Be  not  overcome  of  evil,  but  overcome 

evil   with   good.  Rotnans  xW.  ^^-^i. 


XIX. 
COUNSELS   OF  PERFECTION. 


(Due  l^unUret)  anti  €i^\MSt^t  ^tltaioxu 

TJie  Blessings  of  Jcsiis. 

BLESSED  arc  the  poor  in  sjDirit :  for 
theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

►I^  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn  :  for  they 
shall  be  comforted. 

Blessed  a7'e  the  meek :  for  they  shall  in- 
herit the  earth. 

^  Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and 
thirst  after  righteousness  :  for  they  shall 
be  filled. 

Blessed  are  the  merciful :  for  they  shall 
obtain  mercy. 

^  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart :  for 
they  shall  see  God. 

Blessed  are  the  peacemakers  :  for  they 
shall  be  called  the  children  of  God. 

"^  Blessed  are  they  which  are  persecuted 
for  righteousness'  sake  :  for  theirs  is  the 
kingdom  of  heaven. 


282  Counsels  of  Perfection.         §  182 

Blessed  are  ye,  when  men  shall  revile 
you,  and  persecute  yon,  and  shall  say  all 
manner  of  evil  against  you  falsely,  for  my 
sake. 

^  Rejoice,  and  be  exceeding  glad  :  for 
great  is  your  reward  in  heaven :  for  so 
persecuted  they  the  prophets  which  were 
before  you.  .  st  Mattheiu  v.  3-12. 


(Due  i^unUrcD   (Bigljt^  0rconD  g>elcctiou* 

TJie  Life  of  Jesns  in  Us. 

FOR  we  preach  not  ourselves,  but  Christ 
Jesus  the  Lord ; 

^  And  ourselves  your  servants  for  Jesus' 
sake. 

For  God,  who  commanded  the  light 
to  shine  out  of  darkness,  hath  shincd  in 
our  hearts, 

^  To  give  the  light  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  glory  of  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

But  we  have  this  treasure  in  earthen 
vessels,  that  the  excellency  of  the  power 
may  be  of  God  and  not  of  us. 

*i*  We  are  troubled    on    every    side,  yet 


§  1 83         Counsels  of  Perfection.  283 

not  distressed ;  zve  ai-e  perplexed,  but  not 
in  despair; 

Persecuted,  but  not  forsaken  ;  cast  down, 
but  not  destroyed ; 

^  Always  bearing  about  in  the  body  the 
dying  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  that  the  life  also 
of  Jesus  might  be  made  manifest  in  our 
body. 

For  we  which  live  are  alway  delivered 
unto  death  for  Jesus'  sake,  that  the  life  also 
of  Jesus  might  be  made  manifest  in  our 
mortal  flesh.  ^  r.  ■  ,,  ■      ■ 

2  Con/it/iiai/s  IV.  5-1 1, 

ane  l^untirrti  and  CiglKintljirti  g)rlmion. 

T/ie  Mind  of  Christ. 

TF  there  be  therefore  any  consolation  in 

J-      Christ,  if  any  comfort  of  love,  if  any 

fellowship  of  the  Spirit,  if  any  bowels  and 

mercies, 

^Fulfil  ye  my  joy,  that  ye  be  like- 
mmded,  having  the  same  love,  being  of 
one  accord,  of  one  mind. 

Let  nothing  be  done  through  strife  or 
vainglory;  but  in  lowliness  of  mind  let 
each  esteem  other  better  than  themselves. 


284  Counsels  of  Perfection.         §  183 

^  Look  not  every  man  on  his  own 
things,  but  every  man  also  on  the  things 
of  others. 

Let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which  was  also 
in  Christ  Jesus  : 

*^  Who,  being  in  the  form  of  God, 
thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal  with 
God: 

But  made  himself  of  no  reputation,  and 
took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant,  and 
was  made  in  the  likeness  of  men  : 

^  And  being  found  in  fashion  as  a  man, 
he  humbled  himself,  and  became  obedient 
unto  death,  even  the  death  of  the  cross. 

Wherefore  God  also  hath  highly  exalted 
him,  and  given  him  a  name  which  is  above 
every  name  : 

^  That  at  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee 
should  bow,  of  tilings  in  heaven,  and  things 
in  earth,  and  tilings  under  the  earth  ; 

And  tJiat  every  tongue  should  confess 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord,  to  the  glory  of 
God  the  Father. 

Philippians  ii.  i-ii. 


§  184         Counsels  of  Perfection.      '       285 

(Bm  i^unDrcD  anu  €i%\M4onvt\)  Selection* 

Follozv  That  Which  is  Good. 

SEE  that  none  render  evil  for  evil  unto 
any  man;  but  ever  follow  that  which 
is  good,  both  among  yourselves,  and  to  all 


men. 


*h  Rejoice  evermore.  Pray  without  ceas- 
ing. 

In  every  thing  give  thanks  :  for  this  is 
the  will  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus  concerning 
you. 

^  Quench  not  the  Spirit.  Despise  not 
prophesyings. 

Prove  all  things ;  hold  fast  that  which  is 
good. 

^  Abstain  from  all  appearance  of  evil. 

And  the  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you 
wholly ;  and  I  pray  God  your  whole  spirit 
and  soul  and  body  be  preserved  blameless 
unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

►^  Faithful  is  he  that  calleth  you,  who 
also  will  do  it. 

I  Thessaloiiians  v.  15-24. 


286       '     Coimsels  of  Perfection.         §  185 

^m  ^unDret)  ant)  CBigtjt^^fiftl)  g^electioiu 

Be  Not  Weary  in  Well  Doing. 

BRETHREN,  if  a  man  be  overtaken  in 
a  fault,  ye  which  are  spiritual,  restore 
such  an  one  in  the  spirit  of  meekness ; 
considering  thyself,  lest  thou  also  be 
tempted. 

'^  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so 
fulfil  the  law  of  Christ. 

For  if  a  man  think  himself  to  be  some- 
thing, when  he  is  nothing,  he  deceiveth 
himself. 

*b  But  let  every  man  prove  his  own  work, 
and  then  shall  he  have  rejoicing  in  himself 
alone,  and  not  in  another. 

For  every  man  shall  bear  his  own  bur- 
den. 

*b  Let  him  that  is  taught  in  the  word 
communicate  unto  him  that  teacheth  in  all 
good  things. 

Be  not  deceived  ;  God  is  not  mocked  : 
for  whatsoever  a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he 
also  reap. 

^  For  he  that  soweth  to  his  flesh  shall 
of  the  flesh  reap  corruption ; 


§  1 86         Counsels  of  Perfection.     '       287 

But  he  that  soweth  to  the  Spirit  shall  of 
the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting. 

^  And  let  us  not  be  weary  in  well  doing  : 
for  in  due  season  we  shall  reap,  if  we  faint 
not. 

As  we  have  therefore  opportunity,  let  us 
do  good  unto  all  incji,  especially  unto  them 
who  are  of  the  household  of  faith. 

Galatians  vi.  i-io. 


(Due  J^untircti  anu  dDigljti^.sirtl;  ^election* 

Truth y  Peace y  Purity,  Forgiveness. 

WHEREFORE  putting  away  lying, 
speak  every  man  truth  with  his 
neighbour : 

^  For  we  are  members  one  of  another. 

Be  ye  angry,  and  sin  not :  let  not  the 
sun  go  down  upon  your  wrath  : 

^  Neither  give  place  to  the  devil. 

Let  him  that  stole  steal  no  more : 

^  But  rather  let  him  labour,  working 
with  Jiis  hands  the  thing  which  is  good, 
that  he  may  have  to  give  to  him  that 
needeth. 

Let  no  corrupt  communication  proceed 
out  of  your  mouth, 


288  Counsels  of  Per'fcction.         §  187 

^  But  that  which  is  good  to  the  use  of 
edifying,  that  it  may  minister  grace  unto 
the  hearers. 

And  grieve  not  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God, 
whereby  ye  are  sealed  unto  the  day  of  re- 
demption. 

'•h  Let  all  bitterness,  and  wrath,  and 
anger,  and  clamour,  and  evil  speaking,  be 
put  away  from  you,  with  all  malice  : 

And  be  ye  kind  one  to  another,  tender- 
hearted, forgiving  one  another,  even  as 
God  for  Christ's  sake  hath  forgiven  you. 

Ephesians  iv.  25-32. 


^election* 

TJie  Children  of  Light. 

YE  are  all  the  children  of  light,  and  the 
■  children  of  the  day  :  we  are  not  of 
the  night,  nor  of  darkness. 

*h  Therefore  let  us  not  sleep,  as  do 
others;  but-let  us  watch  and  be  sober. 

For  they  that  sleep  sleep  in  the  night ; 
and  they  that  be  drunken  are  drunken  in 
the  night. 


§  1 88         Counsels  of  Perfection.  289 

*h  But  let  us,  who  are  of  the  day,  be 
sober,  putting  on  the  breastplate  of  faith 
and  love ;  and  for  a  helmet,  the  hope  of 
salvation. 

For  God  hath  not  appointed  us  to  wrath, 
but  to  obtain  salvation  by  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ, 

►t*  Who  died  for  us,  that,  whether  we 
wake   or    sleep,  we    should    live   together 

with    him.  1  Thessalonians  v.  5-10. 


(Due  l^untirfti  ano   Cigljt^^eigljtl) 
^election. 

Let  Us  Glory  in  the  Lorel. 

WHERE  is  the  wise?  where  is  the 
scribe  ?  where  is  the  disputer  of 
this  world  ? 

*b  Hath  not  God  made  foolish  the  wis- 
dom of  this  world  ? 

For  after  that  in  the  wisdom  of  God  the 
world  by  wisdom  knew  not  God,  it  pleased 
God  by  the  foolishness  of  preaching  to 
save  them  that  believe. 

*h  For  the  Jews  require  a  sign,  and  the 
Greeks  seek  after  wisdom  : 


290  Counsels  of  Perfection.         §  188 

But  we  preach  Christ  crucified,  unto 
the  Jews  a  stumbUng-block^^and  unto  the 
Greeks  fooHshness  ; 

^  But  unto  them  which  are  called,  both 
Jews  and  Greeks,  Christ  the  power  of 
God,  and  the  wisdom  of  God. 

Because  the  foolishness  of  God  is  wiser 
than  men ; 

•^  And  the  weakness  of  God  is  stronger 
than  men. 

For  ye  see  your  calling,  brethren,  how 
that  not  many  wise  men  after  the  flesh, 
not  many  mighty,  not  many  noble,  are 
called : 

*h  But  God  hath  chosen  the  foolish 
things  of  the  world  to  confound  the  wise ; 
and  God  hath  chosen  the  weak  things  of 
the  world  to  confound  the  things  which 
are  mighty  ; 

And  base  things  of  the  world,  and  things 
which  are  despised,  hath  God  chosen,  yeay 
and  things  which  are  not,  to  bring  to 
nought  things  that  are  : 

^  That  no  flesh  should  glory  in  his 
presence. 

But  of  him  are  ye  in  Christ  Jesus,  who 
of  God  is  made  unto  us  wisdom,  and  right- 


§  189         Counsels  of  Perfection.  291 

eousness,  and  sanctification,  and  redemp- 
tion : 

^  That,  according  as  it  is  written,   He 
that  glorieth,  let  him  glory  in  the  Lord. 

I  Corhithians  i,  20-31. 

^xit  l^untircD  anD  (];igt)t^=nintt)  ^election* 

Accordijig  to  Christ  Jesus. 


w 


E  then  that  are  strong  ought  to 
bear  the  infirmities  of  the  weak, 
and  not  to  please  ourselves. 

*h  Let  every  one  of  us  please  his  neigh- 
bour for  his  good  to  edification. 

For  even  Christ  pleased  not  himself ; 
but,  as  it  is  written,  The  reproaches  of 
them  that  reproached  thee  fell  on  me. 

^  For  whatsoever  things  were  written 
aforetime  were  written  for  our  learning, 
that  we  through  patience  and  comfort  of 
the  Scriptures  might  have  hope. 

Now  the  God  of  patience  and  consola- 
tion grant  you  to  be  likeminded  one  toward 
another  according  to  Christ  Jesus : 

^  That  ye  may  with  one  mind  and  one 
mouth  glorify  God,  even  the  Father  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Eomans  xv.  i-6. 


292  Counsels  of  Perfection.         §  190 

^\\t  J^uuDrco  anu  j^inetiet^i  ^election* 

Love  and  Light. 

MY  little  children,  these  things  write  I 
unto  you,  that  ye  sin  not.  And  if 
any  man  sin,  we  have  an  advocate  with 
the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  righteous  : 

*b  And  he  is  the  propitiation  for  our 
sins :  and  not  for  ours  only,  but  also  for 
tJie  sins  of  the  whole  world. 

And  hereby  we  do  know  that  we  know 
him,  if  we  keep  his  commandments. 

^h  He  that  saith,  I  know  him,  and  keep- 
eth  not  his  commandments,  is  a  liar,  and 
the  truth  is  not  in  him. 

But  whoso  keepeth  his  word,  in  him 
verily  is  the  love  of  God  perfected : 
hereby  know  we  that  we  are  in  him. 

►t  He  that  saith  he  abideth  in  him, 
ought  himself  also  so  to  walk,  even  as  he 
walked. 

Brethren,  I  write  no  new  commandment 
unto  you,  but  an  old  commandment  which 
ye  had  from  the  beginning : 

►I^The  old  commandment  is  the  word 
which  ye  have  heard  from  the  beginning. 


§  IQI         Counsels  of  Perfrction.  293 

Again,  a  new  commandment  I  write 
unto  you,  which  thing  is  true  in  him  and 
in  you  : 

^  Because  the  darkness  is  past,  and  the 
true  light  now  shineth. 

He  that  saith  he  is  in  the  Hght,  and 
hateth  his  brother,  is  in  darkness  even 
until  now. 

^  He  that  loveth  his  brother  abideth  in 
the  light,  and  there  is  none  occasion  of 
stumbling  in  him. 

But  he  that  hateth  his  brother  is  in 
darkness,  and  walketh  in  darkness,  and 
knoweth  not  whither  he  goeth,  because 
that  darkness  hath  blinded  his  eyes. 

I  yohn  ii.  i-ii. 

^\\t  i^unDrrD  auD  jl^inrt^  fiirsft  g)elrction* 

Consider  Christ. 

WHEREFORE,  holy  brethren,  par- 
takers -of  the  heavenly  calling, 
consider  the  Apostle  and  High  Priest  of 
our  profession,  Christ  Jesus ; 

*h  Who  was  faithful  to  him  that  ap- 
pointed him,  as  also  Moses  zvas  faithful 
in  all  his  house. 


294  Counsels  of  Perfection.         §  191 

For  this  man  was  counted  worthy  of 
more  glory  than  Moses,  inasmuch  as  he 
who  hath  builded  the  house,  hath  more 
honour  than  the  house. 

^  For  every  house  is  builded  by  some 
man  ;  but  he  that  built  all  things  is  God. 

And  Moses  verily  was  faithful  in  all  his 
house,  as  a  servant,  for  a  testimony  of 
those .  things  which  were  to  be  spoken 
after : 

*b  But  Christ  as  a  Son  over  his  own 
house :  whose  house  are  we,  if  we  hold 
fast  the  confidence,  and  the  rejoicing  of 
the  hope  firm  unto  the  end. 

Wherefore,  as  the  Holy  Ghost  saith,  To- 
day if  ye  will  hear  his  voice, 

^  Harden  not  your  hearts,  as  in  the 
provocation,  in  the  day  of  temptation  in 
the  wilderness  : 

When  your  fathers  tempted  me,  proved 
me,  and  saw  my  works  forty  years. 

^  Wherefore  I  was  grieved  with  that 
generation,  and  said,  They  do  always  err 
in  their  heart ;  and  they  have  not  known 
my  ways. 

So  I  sware  in  my  wrath,  They  shall  not 
enter  into  my  rest. 


§  19 1         Counsels  of  Perfection.  295 

^  Take  heed,  brethren,  lest  there  be  m 
any  of  you  an  evil  heart  of  unbelief,  in 
departing  from  the  living  God. 

But  exhort  one  another  daily,  while  it  is 
called  To-day  ;  lest  any  of  you  be  hardened 
through  the  deceitfulness  of  sin. 

»J<  For  we  are  made  partakers  of  Christ, 
if  we  hold  the  beginning  of  our  confidence 
steadfast  unto  the  end. 

Hebrews  iii.  1-14. 


I 


XX. 

THE   RISEN   LIFE. 


Noiv  is  Christ  Risen  from  the  Dead. 

F  in  this  life  only  we  have  hope  in  Christ, 
we  are  of  all  men  most  miserable. 

"^  But  now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead, 
and  become  the  firstfruits  of  them  that 
slept. 

For  since  by  man  came  death,  by  man 
came  also  the  resurrection  of  the  dead. 

Hh  For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in 
Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive. 

But  every  man  in  his  own  order :  Christ 
the  firstfruits ; 

Hh  Afterward  they  that  are  Christ's  at 
his  coming. 

Then  cometJi  the  end,  when  he  shall 
have  delivered  up  the  kingdom  to  God, 
even  the  Father; 


§  193  The  Risen  Life.  297 

Hh  When  he  shall  have  put  clown  all  rule 
and  all  authority  and  power. 

For  he  must  reign,  till  he  hath  put  all 
enemies  under  his  feet. 

^  The  last  enemy  that  shall  be  destroyed 
is  death. 

For  he  hath  put  all  things  under  his 
feet. 

^  But  when  he  saith  all  things  are  put 
under  him,  it  is  manifest  that  he  is  ex- 
cepted, which  did  put  all  things  under 
him. 

And  when  all  things  shall  be  subdued 
unto  him,  then  shall  the  Son  also  himself 
be  subject  unto -him  that  put  all  things 
under  him,  that  God  may  be  all  in  all. 

I  Corinthians  xv.  19-28. 


Risen  zvitJi  Christ. 

IF  ye   then    be    risen  with  Christ,  seek 
those  things  which  are  above,  where 
Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 

*h  Set  your  affection  on  things  above,  not 
on  things  on  the  earth. 


298  The  Risen  Life.  §  193 

For  ye  are  dead,  and  your  life  is  hid 
with  Christ  in  God. 

Hr"  When  Christ,  ivJio  is  our  life,  shall 
appear,  then  shall  ye  also  appear  with  him 
in  glory. 

Mortify  therefore  your  members  which 
are  upon  the  earth ;  fornication,  uncleanness, 
inordinate  affection,  evil  concupiscence,  and 
covetousness,  which  is  idolatry : 

^  For  which  things'  sake  the  wrath  of 
God  Cometh  on  the  children  of  disobedi- 
ence : 

In  the  which  ye  also  walked  sometime, 
when  ye  lived  in  them. 

^  But  now  ye  also  put  off  all  these  ; 
anger,  wrath,  malice,  blasphemy,  filthy 
communication  out  of  your  mouth. 

Lie  not  one  to  another,  seeing  that  ye 
have  put  off  the  old  man  with  his  deeds ; 

>b  And  have  put  on  the  new  man,  which 
is  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  image 
of  him  that  created  him  : 

Where  there  is  neither  Greek  nor  Jew, 
circumcision  nor  uncircumcision.  Barba- 
rian, Scythian,  bond  nor  free  : 

^  But  Christ  is  all,  and  in  all. 

Put   on   therefore,  as  the  elect   of  God, 


§  193  The  Risen  Life,  299 

holy  and  beloved,  bowels  of  mercies,  kind- 
ness, humbleness  of  mind,  meekness,  long- 
suffering  ; 

'^  Forbearing  one  another  and  forgiving 
one  another,  if  any  man  have  a  quarrel 
against  any :  even  as  Christ  forgave  you, 
so  also  do  ye. 

And  above  all  these  things  p7it  on  charity, 
which  is  the  bond  of  perfectness. 

^  And  let  the  peace  of  God  rule  in  your 
hearts,  to  the  which  also  ye  are  called  in 
one  body  ;  and  be  ye  thankful. 

Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you 
richly  in  all  wisdom ;  teaching  and  ad- 
monishing one  another  in  psalms  and 
hymns  and  spiritual  songs,  singing  with 
grace  in  your  hearts  to  the  Lord. 

^  And  whatsoever  ye  do  in  word  or 
deed,  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
giving  thanks  to  God  and  the  Father  by 
him. 

Colossians  iii.  1-17. 


300  The  Risen  Life.  §  I94 

S)elcction* 

In  Newness  of  Life. 

WHAT  shall  we  say  then  ?  Shall  we 
continue  in  sin,  that  grace  may 
abound  ? 

^  God  forbid.  How  shall  we,  that  are 
dead  to  sin,  live  any  longer  therein  ? 

Know  ye  not,  that  so  many  of  us  as  were 
baptized  into  Jesus  Christ  were  baptized 
into  his  death  ? 

^  Therefore  we  are  buried  with  him  by 
baptism  into  death : 

That  like  as  Christ  was  raised  up  from 
the  dead  by  the  glory  of  the  Father, 
even  so  we  also  should  walk  in  newness 
of  life. 

*^  For  if  we  have  been  planted  together 
in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall  be 
also  ill  the  likeness  of  his  resurrection  : 

Knowing  this,  that  our  old  man  is  cruci- 
fied with  him,  that  the  body  of  sin  might 
be  destroyed,  that  henceforth  we  should 
not  serve  sin. 

*h  For  he  that  is  dead  is  freed  from  sin. 


§  195  T^Ji<^  Risen  Life.  30 1 

Now  if  we  be  dead  with  Christ,  we  be- 
lieve that  we  shall  also  live  with  him  : 

^  Knowing  that  Christ  being  raised  from 
the  dead  dieth  no  more ;  death  hath  no 
more  dominion  over  him. 

For  in  that  he  died,  he  died  unto  sin 
once :  but  in  that  he  liveth,  he  liveth  unto 
God. 

Ro77tans  vi.  i-io. 


O^ne  l^unUreD  auD  jl^tnet^=fiftl)  ^election* 

A  Lively  LLope. 

BLESSED  he  the  God  and  Father  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which  accord- 
ing to  his  abundant  mercy  hath  begotten 
us  again  into  a  lively  hope  by  the  resur- 
rection of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead, 

^  To  an  inheritance  incorruptible,  and 
undefiled,  and  that  fadeth  not  away,  re- 
served in  heaven  for  you. 

Who  are  kept  by  the  power  of  God 
through  faith  unto  salvation  ready  to  be 
revealed  in  the  last  time. 

*h  Wherein  ye  greatly  rejoice,  though 
now  for  a  season,  if  need  be,  ye  are  in 
heaviness  through  manifold  temptations  : 


302  The  Risen  Life.  §  196 

That  the  trial  of  your  faith,  being  much 
more  precious  than  of  gold  that  perisheth, 
though  it  be  tried  with  fire,  might  be  found 
unto  praise  and  honour  and  glory  at  the 
appearing  of  Jesus  Christ : 

^  Whom,  having  not  seen,  ye  love ;  in 
whom,  though  now  ye  see  Jmn  not,  yet 
believing,  ye  rejoice  with  joy  unspeakable 
and  full  of  glory  : 

Receiving  the  end  of  your  faitH,  even 
the  salvation  of  yotw  souls. 

"^  Now  unto  the  King,  eternal,  immortal, 
invisible,  the  only  wise  God,  be  honour  and 
glory  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

I  Peter  i.  3-9;   1  Timothy  i.  17. 


The  Victory  over  DeatJi. 

NOW  this  I  say,  brethren,  that  flesh 
and  blood  cannot  inherit  the  king- 
dom of  God  ;  neither  doth  corruption  in- 
herit incorruption. 

^  Behold,  I  shew  you  a  mystery  ;  We 
shall  not  all  sleep,  but  we  shall  all  be 
changed, 


§  196  The  Risen  Life.  303 

In  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye, 
at  the  last  trump  :  for  the  trumpet  shall 
sound,  and  the  dead  shall  be  raised  incor- 
ruptible, and  we  shall  be  changed. 

^  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incor- 
ruption,  and  this  mortal  urnst  put  on  im- 
mortality. 

So  when  this  corruptible  shall  have  put 
on  incorruption,  and  this  mortal  shall  have 
put  on  immortality,  then  shall  be  brought 
to  pass  the  saying  that  is  written.  Death  is 
swallowed  up  in  victory. 

^  O  death,  where  is  thy  sting  .?  O  grave, 
where  is  thy  victory .'' 

The  sting  of  death  is  sin ;  and  the 
strength  of  sin  is  the  law. 

^  But  thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth 
us  the  victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

Therefore,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  ye 
steadfast,  unmovable,  always  abounding  in 
the  work  of  the  Lord,  forasmuch  as  ye 
know  that  your  labour  is  not  in  vain  in  the 
Lord, 

I  Corinthians  xv.  50-58. 


304  The  Risen  Life.  §  197 

g)elcction* 

Our  House  WJiieh  is  from  Heaven. 

FOR  we  know  that  if  our  earthly  house 
of  tJiis  tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we 
have  a  building  of  God,  an  house  not  made 
with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens. 

"^  For  in  this  we  groan,  earnestly  desir- 
ing to  be  clothed  upon  with  our  house 
which  is  from  heaven  : 

If  so  be  that  being  clothed  we  shall  not 
be  found  naked. 

^  For  we  that  are  in  tJiis  tabernacle  do 
groan,  being  burdened  : 

Not  for  that  we  would  be  unclothed,  but 
clothed  upon,  that  mortality  might  be 
swallowed  up  of  life. 

^  Now  he  that  hath  wrought  us  for  the 
selfsame  thing  is  God,  who  also  hath  given 
unto  us  the  earnest  of  the  Spirit. 

Therefore  ive  are  always  confident, 
knowing  that,  whilst  we  are  at  home  in  the 
body,  we  are  absent  from  the  Lord : 

►I^  (For  we  walk  by  faith,  not  by  sight :) 


§  198  TJic  Risen  Life.  305 

We  are  confident,  /  say,  and  v/illing 
rather  to  be  absent  from  the  body,  and  to 
be  present  with  the  Lord. 

.^Wherefore  we  labour,  that,  whether 
present  or  absent,  we  may  be  accepted  of 
him. 

2  Corinthians  v.  1-9. 


^election* 

The  Blessedness  of  tJie  Redeemed. 

AFTER  this  I  beheld,  and  lo,  a  great 
multitude,  which  no  man  could  num- 
ber, of  all  nations,  and  kindreds,  and  peo- 
ple, and  tongues,  stood  before  the  throne, 
and  before  the  Lamb,  clothed  with  white 
robes,  and  palms  in  their  hands ; 

^  And  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying, 
Salvation  to  our  God  which  sitteth  upon 
the  throne,  and  unto  the  Lamb. 

And  all  the  angels  stood  round  about 
the  throne,  and  about  the  elders  and  the 
four  beasts,  and  fell  before  the  throne  on 
their  faces,  and  worshipped  God, 

'^  Saying,  Amen  :  Blessing,  and  glory, 
and  wisdom,  and  thanksgiving,  and  honour, 


306  ^  he  Risen  Life.  §  198 

and  power,  and  might,  be  unto  our  God  for 
ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

And  one  of  the  elders  answered,  saying 
unto  me,  What  are  these  which  are  ar- 
rayed in  white  robes  t  and  whence  came 
they.?  And  I  said  unto  him.  Sir,  thou 
knowest. 

^  And  he  said  to  me,  These  are  they 
which  came  out  of  great  tribulation,  and 
have  washed  their  robes,  and  made  them 
white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

Therefore  are  they  before  the  throne  of 
God,  and  serve  him  day  and  night  in  his 
temple  :  and  he  that  sitteth  on  the  throne 
shall  dwell  among  them. 

^  They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither 
thirst  any  more ;  neither  shall  the  sun 
light  on  them,  nor  any  heat. 

For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of 
the  throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead 
them  unto  living  fountains  of  waters :  and 
God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their 
eyes. 

^"velation  vii.  9-17, 


§  199  ^^^^  ^^^'^^^  ^^f^-  ^^^ 

<^m  l^unureu  anti  jlimet^^nintl)  g)clcction. 

The  Holy  City. 

AND  I  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a  new 
earth : 

^  For  the  first  heaven  and  the  first  earth 
were  passed  away ;  and  there  was  no  more 
sea. 

And  I  John  saw  the  holy  city,  new  Je- 
rusalem, coming  down  from  God  out  of 
heaven,  prepared  as  a  bride  adorned  for 
her  husband. 

►I^And  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of 
heaven,  saying.  Behold,  the  tabernacle  of 
God  is  with  men,  and  he  will  dwell  with 
them,  and  they  shall  be  his  people,  and 
God  himself  snail  be  with  them,  and  be 
their  God. 

And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from 
their  eyes;  and  there  shall  be  no  more 
death,  neither  sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither 
shall  there  be  any  more  pain  :  for  the 
former  things  have  passed  away. 

►p  And  I  saw  no  temple  therein  :  for  the 
Lord  God  Almighty  and  the  Lamb  are 
the  temple  of  it. 


3o8  The  Risen  Life.  §  200 

And  the  city  had  no  need  of  the  sun, 
neither  of  the  moon,  to  shine  in  it :  for  the 
glory  of  God  did  Hghten  it,  and  the  Lamb 
is  the  Ught  thereof. 

►t"  And  the  nations  of  them  which  are 
saved  shall  walk  in  the  light  of  it :  and  the 
kings  of  the  earth  do  bring  their  glory  and 
honour  into  it. 

And  the  gates  of  it  shall  not  be  shut  at 
all  by  day :  for  there  shall  be  no  night 
there. 

•^  And  they  shall  bring  the  glory  and 
honour  of  the  nations  into  it. 

And  there  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  it 
any  thing  that  defileth,  neither  zvhatsoever 
worketh  abomination,  or  niaketJi  a  lie ;  but 
they  which  are  written  in  the  Lamb's  book 
of  life. 

Revelation  xxi.  1-4,  22-27. 


2:u)o  i^tintireDtl)  ^tXtnmx. 

771  e  Rive?'  of  Water  of  Life. 

AND  he  shewed  me  a  pure  river  of 
water  of  life,  clear  as  crystal,  pro- 
ceeding out  of  the  throne  of  God  and  of 
the  Lamb, 


§  200  The  Risen  Life.  309 

^  In  the  midst  of  the  street  of  it,  and 
on  either  side  of  the  river,  zvas  there  the 
tree  of  life, 

Which  bare  twelve  manner  of  fruits, 
and  yielded  her  fruit  every  month: 

*b  And  the  leaves  of  the  tree  were  for 
the  healing  of  the  nations. 

And  there  shall  be  no  more  curse :  but 
the  throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb  shall 
be  in  it ; 

"^  And  his  servants  shall  serve  him  :  and 
they  shall  see  his  face ;  and  his  name  shall 
be  in  their  foreheads. 

And  there  shall  be  no  night  there ;  and 
they  need  no  candle,  neither  light  of  the 
sun ; 

^  For  the  Lord  God  giveth  them  light : 
and  they  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

And  he  said  unto  me.  These  sayings  are 
faithful  and  true: 

^  And  the  Lord  God  of  the  holy  proph- 
ets sent  his  angel  to  shew  unto  his  ser- 
vants the  things  which  must  shortly  be 
done. 

Behold,  I  come  quickly:  blessed  is  he 
that  keepeth  the  sayings  of  the  prophecy 
of  this  book. 


3IO  The  Risen  Life.  §  200 

*b  And  the  Spirit  and  the  bride  say, 
Come.  And  let  him  that  heareth  say, 
Come. 

And  let  him  that  is  athirst  come.  And 
whosoever  will,  let  him  take  the  water  of 
life  freely. 

Revelation  xxii.  1-7,  17, 


INDEX   OF   BIBLE    PASSAGES. 


PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

Deut.       viii.  i,  6-18   156 242 

xi.  I,  13-21 157 244 

xxviii.  i-io 158 246 

xxxii.  1-12 41 64 

2  Sam.     xxii.  21-29 164 254 

I  Chron.  xvi.  8-15 1 18 186 

23-36 .....     4 4 

Job  xi.  7-18 50 78 

xxii.  12-30 142 219 

xxviii.  1 2-28 52 81 

Psalm       i.  1-6 167 258 

ii-  1-12 58 91 

^v-  1-8 137 213 

V.  1-8;    II,  12 48 75 

viii.  1-9 12 18 

xiii.  1-6 134 209 

XV.  1-5 162 252 

xvi.  l-ll 120 189 

xviii.  1-3;    20-28 145 224 

30-36;   46-50 130 203 

xix.  1-14 17 26 

XX.  1-9 134 209 

^i-  1-7;    31 32 51 

xxii.  22-13 44 68 

xxiii.  1-6 115 182 

3" 


312  Index  of  Bible  Passages. 

PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

Psalm       xxiv,  i-io 13 . .   20 

XXV.  1-14 108 171 

xxvi.   1-12 161 251 

xxvii.  1-14 148 229 

xxx.  1-12 136 211 

xxxi.  1-8;    19-24 129 201 

xxxii.  i-ii   113 178 

xxxiii.  1-12 45 70 

13-22 143 221 

xxxiv.  1-22    39 60 

xxxvi.  5-10 31 50 

xxxvii.  I-I I   166 257 

23-31 168 259 

xxxix.  1-13 109 173 

xl.  i-ii 133 207 

xlii.  I-II 155 240 

xliii.  1-5 149 231 

xlv.  i-i  7 60 94 

xlvi,  i-ii 127 198 

xlvii.  1-9 16 24 

xlviii.  1-14 76 123 

xlix.  1-4,6,7,10-12,    16-20 171 263 

1.  1-15   88 145 

li.  1-4,  9-17 104 106 

Ivi.  1-13 34 53 

Ivii.  I-II   37 58 

Ixi.  1-8 139 216 

Ixii.  1-12 140 217 

Ixv.   1-13 26 40 

Ixvi.  1-9,  i6-20 35 54 

Ixvii.  1-7 5 6 

Ixviii.  1-8,  32-35 15 22 

Ixxii.  1-19 61 96 


Index  of  Bible  Passages.  3 1 3 

PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

Psalm       Ixxxiv.  I-12 126 196 

Ixxxv.  1-13 112 177 

Ixxxvi.  1-12 131 204 

Ixxxix.  1-7 40 63 

8-18 42 66 

xc.  1-17 57 88 

xci.  1-16 138 214 

xcii.  1-8,   12-15 123 192 

xciii.  1-5   128 199 

xcv.  i-i  I 43 67 

xcvi.  1-13 14 21 

xcvii.  1-12 6 7 

xcviii.  1-9 2 2 

xcix.   1-9 19 29 

c.  1-5 49 76 

ci.  1-8 159 248 

cii.  I,  2,  16-28 144 222 

ciii.  1-22 30 47 

civ.  1-24 II 16 

cv.  1-8,  43-45 27 42 

cvi.  1-8,  43-48 24 37 

cvii.  1-15 21 32 

21-31 25 39 

31-43-  •■ 22 34 

cxi.  i-io 18 28 

cxii.  i-io 169 260 

cxv.  1-18 7 8 

cxvi.  1-19 36 56 

cxviii.  1-6,  19-26 29 46 

cxix.  1-16 91 150 

17-24 92 151 

25-32 93 152 

33-48 20 30 


314  Index  of  Bible  Passages. 


PASSAGE  SELECTION 

Psalm       cxix.  49-64 94 

65-80 95 

89-96 96 

97-106 97 

107-117 Ill 

124-133 98 

137-144 •   99 

145-160 100 

161-168 lOI 

169-176. 102 

cxxi.  1-8 141 

cxxii.  1-9  and  cxxxiii.  1-3 175 

cxxiii 132 

cxxiv 132 

cxxv.  1-5 128 

cxxvi 117 

cxxix 117 

cxxxi.  1-3 149 

cxxx.  1-8 105 

cxxxii.  1-18 160 

cxxxiii.  1-30 1 75 

cxxxv.  1-5,  15-21  ...    10 

cxxxvi.  1-26 28 

cxxxviii.   1-8 Ili 

cxxxix.  1-12,  23,  24 51 

cxlii.  1-7 135 

cxliii.  i-ii no 

cxliv.  1-15 146 

cxlv.   1-21 23 

cxlvi.  i-io 38 

cxlvii.  1-20.  .    47 

cxlviii.  1-14 I 

cxlix.  1-4 49 


153 

155 
156 

157 
176 
158 

159 
160 
162 

163 

218 

270 

206 

.206 

199 

184 

184 

231 

167 

249 

270 

14 

43 

52 

79 

210 

174 

,226 

35 
59 
73 
I 
76 


Index  of  Bible  Passages.  315 

PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

Psalm       cl.  1-6 3 4 

Prov.        ii.  1-9 53 82 

iii-  13-26 54 ^1, 

iv.  1-13 56 87 

14-27 165 256 

viii.  I-2I 55 85 

xxii.  I-I2 163 253 

Isaiah      i.  2,  11,    13-20 64 loi 

ix.  2,  6,  7 65 102 

xi.  1-6 72 115 

1-9 65 102 

XXV.  1-9 46 71 

XXXV.  i-io 78 125 

xl.  i-i  I 70 112 

18-31 8 10 

xlii.  1-12,  16 66 104 

xlix.  7-13     74 119 

Iii.  7-15   71 114 

liii.   1-12 68 108 

liv.  11-17 77 124 

Iv.  1-13 81 131 

Iviii.  1-9 87 143 

Ix.  1-5,  17-22 79 127 

Ixi.  i-ii 73 117 

Ixii.    1-4,  10,  12 121 190 

Ixiv.  i-io 106 1 68 

Hosea      xiv.  1-9. 103 164 

Joel  ii.  21-27 119 187 

Matt.        V.  3-12 181 281 

Luke        i.  46-55 62 99 

68-75 63 100 

Acts  xvii.  24-31 9 12 

Romans  ii.  i-io 170 262 


3i6  Index  of  Bible  Passages. 

PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

Romans  iii.  19-26 114 180 

V.  i-ii  125 195 

vi.  i-io e 194 300 

viii.  i-ii    83 136 

16-28 82 134 

31-39 "6 183 

X.  4-15 80 129 

xii.  4-21  180 279 

xiii.  7-14 172 265 

XV.  1-6 189 291 

1  Cor.      i.  20-31 188 289 

xii.  4-13 86 141 

xiii.  1-13 177 273 

XV.  19-28 192 296 

50-58 196 302 

2  Cor.       iii.  7-18 84 137 


IV.  5-1 1 


182 282 


13-18 124 193 

V.  1-9 197 304 

6-9;    14-21    151 234 

vi.  i-io 174 268 

Gal.  v.  13-25 85 139 

vi.  I-IO. 185 286 

Eph.         ii.  11-22 75 121 

iii.  20,  21 116 183 

iv.  1-4;    7-16 176. . . .' .  .271 

25-32 186 287 

vi.  10-18 147 228 

Phil.  iv.  4-8 122 191 

ii.  I-II  ...    183 283 

Col.  i.  9-20 67 106 

iii.  1-17    ^93 297 

I  Thess.  V,  I-IO 150 233 


Index  of  Bible  Passages.  3 1 7 

PASSAGE  SELECTION  PAGE 

I  Thess.  V.  5-10 187 288 

15-24 184 285 

Heb.         i.  1-12 59 92 

ii.  5-12 69 no 

iii.  1-14 191 293 

iv.  9-16 153 238 

X.  16-25 154 239 

xij.  1-6;    11-14 152 236 

xiii.  5-16 173 266 

James       i.  16-27 89 146 

1  Peter     i.  3-9;   17 195 301 

2  Peter     i.  2-1 1 90 148 

I  John      i.  5-9 107 1 70 

ii.  i-i  I 190 292 

iii.  1-3;    18-24 179 277 

iv.  7-21 178 275 

Jude         24,  25 124 193 

Rev.         vii.   9-1 7 198 305 

xxi.   1-4 ;    22-27 199 7P1 

xxii.  1-7;    17 200 308 


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